Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) commits $1.5 billion for an AI data center in Texas, its 29th facility worldwide. Expected to create 100 jobs, with 1,800 construction workers. META employs over 2,500 people in Texas and has invested over $10 billion in the state.

The data center in El Paso is set to come online in 2028, with a capacity to scale to a 1-gigawatt site. META’s choice of El Paso was due to its skilled workforce and robust electrical grid. This follows the company’s $29 billion deal in August for a data center campus in Louisiana.

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