id: meta-montgomery
name: Meta Montgomery data center
operator: meta
status: under-construction
location:
  country: US
  state: AL
  county: Montgomery County
  locality: Montgomery
metrics:
  investment_usd: 800000000
  building_sqft: 715000
announced_date: "2024-05"
first_seen: "2026-07-07"
last_updated: "2026-07-07"
confidence: medium
sources:
  - url: https://governor.alabama.gov/newsroom/2024/05/governor-ivey-announces-meta-plans-to-build-800-million-next-generation-data-center-in-montgomery/
    title: "Governor Ivey Announces Meta Plans to Build $800 Million Next-Generation Data Center in Montgomery"
    publisher: Office of the Governor of Alabama
    date: "2024-05"
signals:
  - sig-20260706-meta-montgomery-investment
  - sig-20260706-meta-montgomery-sqft
  - sig-20260706-meta-montgomery-status
notes: >
  Described as Meta's 24th global data hub; planned 100% renewable, LEED
  Gold. Source states online by end of 2026 — operational_date omitted
  rather than invent day-level precision from "end of 2026". Single
  (primary, government) source, hence medium aggregate confidence.