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Reported geography
Source-reported location for Meta Los Lunas AI Expansion.
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Source row snapshot
- Operator as published
- Meta
- Address and locality
- 4250-4320 Messenger Loop NW · Los Lunas · Valencia County · New Mexico · 87031
- Official metro area
- Albuquerque, NM
- Source-reported status
- under construction
- Provider facility type
- data center
- Reported capacity
- Not stated
- Source freshness
- 15 September 2026
- Location precision
- exact (provider label)
- Compute Atlas confidence label
- confirmed (provider's classification; not a DataCenterData check)
- Stable directory ID
dcd-dir-000942
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
- Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM)
- Power source
- Solar
- Cooling
- Not established
- Reported water use
- 1.5 million gallons per day (source-reported)
- Land area
- 750 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
- Announced investment
- $800 million
- Announced jobs
- 30 permanent
- Community response
- Provider label: mixed
- AI-use label (provider)
- confirmed
- Announced
- December 2024
Incentives reported by the source
Whether each incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
- Industrial Revenue Bonds (IRBs) — third series · Village of Los Lunas, NM · 2024 Open cited source →
Provider notes
Energy. Meta has invested in 885MW+ of renewable energy capacity in NM; PNM seeking regulatory approval for three additional solar+storage projects (Star Light, Windy Lane, Four Mile) to serve Phase 3 power demand
Water. Existing campus is in water-stressed Middle Rio Grande basin; specific cooling type for new AI buildings not disclosed in available sources
Community. Village officials credit the campus with $145 million in gross receipts tax revenue since construction began in 2016 and with 15% population growth between 2020 and 2024, and the Village Council approved industrial revenue bonds for the AI expansion; local scrutiny centres on the campus's electricity and water consumption.
What the source record says
Reported as the first Meta facilities explicitly dedicated to AI/ML workloads. Existing campus is 750 acres. IRBs authorize tax-exempt bond financing for construction materials — the $7.5B per series is the authorized principal ceiling, not a direct cash subsidy. Meta required to invest $350M into expansion by year 10 under agreement. Operating entity: Greater Kudu LLC.
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
- 2016-01 · source-reported operational
Original Los Lunas campus broke ground; now 7 buildings, 1.5M+ sq ft, 120MW+ operational
- 2024-12 · source-reported proposed
Village Council approved IRB authorization for AI expansion; two new buildings announced as first in Meta's portfolio dedicated to AI and ML
- 2025-04 · source-reported under construction
Construction started spring 2025; two-to-three year build timeline
Sources and attribution
These sources are listed for the whole row. Unless a figure links to its own source, the provider does not mark which one gave it, so a figure may not appear in every source.
- Meta planning expansion of Los Lunas data center campus in New Mexico · Data Center Dynamics
- Los Lunas Meta Data Center introduces expansion dedicated to AI · News-Bulletin (Valencia County)
- New Mexico utility seeks approval of hybrid BESS offtake contracts to power Meta data centres · Energy-Storage.news
- Similar to Los Alamos in 1940s, Los Lunas getting transformed by tech · The Santa Fe New Mexican
- The Desert Becomes a Data Center: Meta's $3.3 Billion Bet on Los Lunas, New Mexico · MMCG Invest (investment-analysis blog, not a primary operator/government source -- treat address and figures as reported, corroborate before treating as confirmed)
- DESRI and Tierra Adentro Growth Capital announce start of construction on Foxtail Flats and Four Mile Mesa solar and storage projects in San Juan County, NM · PR Newswire / DESRI
Adapted from Compute Atlas by Edward Kubiak, edition 1.34.1, under CC BY 4.0. Upstream ID meta-los-lunas-ai-nm. 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).
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Recorded information
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Licensed directory listing dcd-dir-000942
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
- 4250-4320 Messenger Loop NW, Los Lunas, NM 87031 · Valencia (Exact location)
Roles
- Operator: Meta
Operator label as published by the provider; no parent company is inferred.
Lifecycle
- Source-stated status: source-reported under construction
Provider status label; not a DataCenterData finding that the facility is operating.
- Announced: December 2024
Provider-reported announcement date.
- Status history: 2016-01 · source-reported operational
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2024-12 · source-reported proposed
Status history supplied by the source.
- Status history: 2025-04 · source-reported under construction
Status history supplied by the source.
Area, acreage and buildings
- Land area: 750 acres (source-reported; parcel boundary not established)
Power capacity
- Reported capacity: Not stated
Reproduced as the page prints it; not ranked or totaled; unknown is not zero.
- Electric utility: Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM)
Utility as named by the provider.
- Power source: Solar
Provider label.
Cooling, water, PUE and WUE
- Cooling: Not established
Provider label: unknown.
- Reported water use: 1.5 million gallons per day (source-reported)
Whether this is metered use, a permit limit or a request is not established; see the provider water note.
Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings
- Announced investment: $800 million
Announced figure; whether it covers one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Announced jobs: 30 permanent
Announced figures; whether they cover one building, a campus or a multi-phase program is not established.
- Community response: Provider label: mixed
Compute Atlas characterization, not a DataCenterData assessment.
- Incentive reported by the source: Industrial Revenue Bonds (IRBs) — third series · Village of Los Lunas, NM · 2024
Whether the incentive was approved, awarded or received is not established.
Sources, dates, limitations and corrections
- Provider update date: 2026-09-15
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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