id: meta-rosemount
name: Meta Rosemount Data Center (Project Bigfoot)
operator: meta
status: under-construction
location:
  country: US
  state: MN
  county: Dakota
  locality: Rosemount
metrics:
  land_acres: 280
  building_sqft: 715000
  investment_usd: 800000000
announced_date: "2024-03"
first_seen: "2026-07-07"
last_updated: "2026-07-07"
confidence: medium
sources:
  - url: https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/meta-to-build-800m-data-center-in-rosemount-minnesota/
    title: "Meta to build $800M data center in Rosemount, Minnesota"
    publisher: CBS News
    date: "2026-07-06"
signals:
  - sig-20260706-meta-rosemount-investment
  - sig-20260706-meta-rosemount-land
  - sig-20260706-meta-rosemount-sqft
  - sig-20260706-meta-rosemount-status
notes: >-
  Codename "Project Bigfoot"; announced March 2024, under construction.
  land_acres (280) is the initial parcel from UMore Park; Meta later bought
  200+ additional acres for $70 million, so total land is 480+ acres — the
  280 figure is the sourced initial acquisition. investment_usd (800,000,000)
  is the announced build figure. The $800M figure is reported as corroborated
  by KSTP (walz-to-announce-expansion...) per the source note, but only the
  CBS News URL is citable here, so aggregate confidence is medium (single
  citable source).