DESIGN & BUILD
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Water management has also become increasingly sophisticated in Meta’ s layouts. The Kansas City facility, which came online in August 2025, utilises cooling technology that is significantly more water-efficient than industry standards. During construction, the site captured and repurposed stormwater from onsite retention ponds, saving more than one million gallons of potable water.
In El Paso, Meta is deploying a closed-loop, liquid-cooled system designed to use zero water for the majority of the year. The company has committed to restoring 200 % of the water consumed by the facility to local watersheds.
The South Carolina data centre, expected online in 2027, will be powered by a 100MW solar farm in Orangeburg County.
“ As Meta progresses construction on our data centre in South Carolina, we are pleased to join our new utility partners Central and Aiken Electric Cooperative and our long-term trusted partner Silicon Ranch to announce
106 January 2026