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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Meta Gallatin Data Center Campus.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Meta
- Address and locality
- Gallatin · Sumner County · Tennessee
- Official metro area
- Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN
- Source-reported status
- operational
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Operational: 300 MW; Planned: 300 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
- Source freshness
- 21 September 2026
- Location precision
- approximate (provider label: exact; the provider's own note describes an approximate location)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000935
Reported details
Source-reported by Compute Atlas; not independently verified by DataCenterData. Provider wording is kept; long provider notes are shortened and marked …; unknown is not zero; none of these values is totaled, ranked or compared.
- Electric utility
- TVA
- Power source
- Mixed
- Cooling
- Air
- Land area
- 900 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Announced investment
- $1.5 billion
- Announced jobs
- 1,100 construction
- Community response
- Provider label: supported
- AI-use label (provider)
- confirmed
- Announced
- 2022
Incentives reported by the source
Whether each incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
- Woolhawk LLC (Meta subsidiary) PILOT via the Gallatin Industrial Development Board — 20-year term plus construction; payments from $1M/yr (building 1) declining to $550K/yr (building 6), through an IDB land-leaseback mechanism · City of Gallatin / Sumner County, TN Open cited source →
- Tennessee data-center sales/use-tax exemption (statutory; qualified facilities ≥$100M investment and ≥15 jobs at 150% of state avg wage) — Meta eligible; site-specific value not publicly disclosed · State of Tennessee
Provider notes
Energy. Third-party solar arrangement with TVA to match approximately 300 MW consumption; multiple PPAs including solar deals through TVA
Water. Direct air cooling (outside air + fan technology), no conventional AC units; "use 80% less water than a typical data center" (w.media). Goal of being water-positive by 2030. No site-specific MGD figure published.
Community. Construction peaked at an average of ~1,100 skilled-trade workers on site, and the facility supports "over 100 operational jobs" (a floor) — per the Tennessee Municipal League (Nov 2024). Meta has contributed more than $1M to local nonprofits, the county school system, Volunteer State Community College, and the chamber, plus a $250K grant to the Gallatin Shalom Zone; planted 30 acres of native pollinator habitat and partnered with the Tennessee Environmental Council on school pollinator gardens. LEED Gold; 100% renewable-matched. No public opposition found. …
What the source record says
Campus coordinates are city-centroid approximation for Gallatin, TN. Up to 12 data halls planned on 900+ acres per DPR Construction (general contractor). Meta is deploying AI GPU clusters in waterproof tent structures (rapid deployment structures) at this campus to accelerate capacity ahead of permanent building construction.
Any MW value is reproduced as source-reported context. Its measurement boundary is not established consistently enough for comparison. Unknown is not zero.
Status history supplied by the source
- 2022 · source-reported proposed
Meta announces Gallatin campus expansion
- 2024-11 · source-reported operational
Campus officially launched November 2024 with six facilities on 900 acres
- 2025-09 · source-reported operational
Gallatin Municipal Planning Commission grants permission for 135,000 sq ft tent-based GPU cluster facility; Meta building multi-billion-dollar GPU clusters in rapid deployment structures to accelerate AI capacity
Sources and attribution
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- Meta brings data centers in tents to Gallatin, Tennessee · Data Center Dynamics
- Tennessee has 60 data centers; Nashville probably has more than you think · WEKU / NPR
- Meta data center begins operations in Gallatin · Tennessee Municipal League
- Why is Gallatin giving Woolhawk a tax break? · Pascal for Gallatin
- Meta expands Gallatin data center — cooling & water approach · w.media
- Meta Data Centers blog — Gallatin, we are online!
- Gallatin offers a glimpse at hyperscale data center experiences · WPLN News (Nashville Public Radio)
- Meta Gallatin Data Center info sheet (PDF): $1.5B+ investment, 100+ operational jobs, TVA energy planning, water stewardship, 100% clean and renewable energy matching · Meta
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID meta-gallatin-tn. Filtered to data-center records in the 50 U.S. states; selected fields normalized for search and display; DataCenterData directory IDs added. Some locations in this layer are reported by the provider as derived from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright) and Epoch AI (CC BY 4.0).
Compute Atlas 1.34.1 with retained prior rows and publication holds. This is a DataCenterData composite, not an unmodified publisher edition. This row uses the captured source from 1.34.1, source as of 2026-10-14T20:40:52.293Z.
This exact source identifier is linked to Meta Gallatin Data Center. The licensed row remains a separate discovery record.
Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000935
Licensed directory row.
Provider notes and the source narrative are printed on this page and are not repeated here.
Identity and relationships
- Provider facility type: data center
Provider facility type.
- AI-use label (provider): confirmed
Compute Atlas classification, not a DataCenterData finding.
Location and precision
- Gallatin, TN · Sumner (Approximate location)
Roles
- Operator: Meta
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported operational
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: 2022
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2022 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2024-11 · source-reported operational
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2025-09 · source-reported operational
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 900 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Operational: 300 MW; Planned: 300 MW (source-reported; boundary not independently verified; MW measure not stated by provider)
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Electric utility: TVA
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: Mixed
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Air
Provider label.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced investment: $1.5 billion
Announced figure; whether it covers one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Announced jobs: 1,100 construction
Announced figures; whether they cover one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Community response: Provider label: supported
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
- Incentive reported by the source: Woolhawk LLC (Meta subsidiary) PILOT via the Gallatin Industrial Development Board — 20-year term plus construction; payments from $1M/yr (building 1) declining to $550K/yr (building 6), through an IDB land-leaseback mechanism · City of Gallatin / Sumner County, TN
Whether the incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
- Incentive reported by the source: Tennessee data-center sales/use-tax exemption (statutory; qualified facilities ≥$100M investment and ≥15 jobs at 150% of state avg wage) — Meta eligible; site-specific value not publicly disclosed · State of Tennessee
Whether the incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-09-21
Provider update date is not a DataCenterData verification date.
Not yet recorded here: Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact.
Licensed values: adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak under CC BY 4.0. Source-reported and not independently verified.
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