id: meta-forest-city
name: Meta Forest City campus
operator: meta
status: operational
location:
  country: US
  state: NC
  county: Rutherford
  locality: Forest City
announced_date: "2010"
first_seen: "2026-07-07"
last_updated: "2026-07-07"
confidence: medium
sources:
  - url: https://www.datacenterfrontier.com/cloud/article/21437740/microsoft-plans-1-billion-campus-in-north-carolina-cloud-cluster
    title: Microsoft Plans $1 Billion Campus in North Carolina Cloud Cluster
    publisher: Data Center Frontier
    note: Secondary source; references Meta's Forest City campus.
signals:
  - sig-20260706-meta-forestcity-announced
  - sig-20260706-meta-forestcity-investment
  - sig-20260706-meta-forestcity-status
notes: >-
  investment_usd left blank: the reported "$750 million+" is an aggregate
  across Meta's three North Carolina data centers, not attributable to the
  Forest City site alone (per the signal's own note), so no site-level figure
  is emitted.
  Single reputable secondary source.