Meta Montgomery · Montgomery, AL

Last change recorded 2026-10-04 · Last checked 2026-10-04

OwnerMeta

UsersMeta

IT power, end of 2026153 MW

Planned end state358 MW

First power2026-06-18

Build-out complete2027-02-23 (est.)

Power pathGrid supply

Binding stepNo data yet

First power vs announcedon time (announced 2026-12-31)

Full build-out vs announcedNo announced date on record

Utility / power partnersAlabama Power

Renewables / PPA

Latest: Campus estimated complete (Epoch) · Full build-out complete · 2027-02-23 (plan) · recorded 2026-10-04

Announced by Governor Ivey in May 2024 ($800m, 715,000 sq ft); expanded to four buildings and more than $1.5bn. Announced to be live at the end of 2026; Meta is bringing 227 MW of renewables online in Alabama for it. Served by Alabama Power. · source ◐ secondary, confidence medium

Recorded readiness — 1 of 5 applicable milestones have a dated public record

● Land 2024-05○ Permits○ Grid supply· Generation○ Water· Financing○ Construction

Gate to first power — target 2026-12-31 (announced) · path: Grid supply · each step must finish its lead time before the target

0 of 0 required steps have a public date. Red = recorded date past the rule-based deadline · grey "no public date" = required step without a record · green = on record in time · context steps never colour.

	Step	Must finish by	Others did it	Known date	Status	Basis
	Site secured (context)	2025-09-28 (15 mo before)	13 mo before (n=26)	2024-05-01	context	Data center announced (May 2024) · ◐
	Full build-out complete (context)	2027-12-28 (-12 mo before)	—	2027-02-23 plan	context	Campus estimated complete (Epoch) · ◐

This site is energized; lights only show how its recorded steps compared with the lead times.

Lead-time assumptions

Site secured 15 months before first power — Land under control and campus announced. Rarely binding; shown for context.
Permits in hand 0 months before first power — Final air and siting permits. Operators often energize on standard or temporary authorisations and receive the major permit later; flagged only when the permit lands more than 6 months after first power or is missing for an on-site plant.
Grid supply agreed 9 months before first power — Interconnection or large-load agreement approved. Observed median 7 months before first power; the physical works (substation, lines) run in parallel with construction.
Substation and lines energized 2 months before first power — Utility delivery point live; final tests before the load is taken.
New generation online 1 months before first power — Utility plant or on-site plant generating; needed just before energization when the grid cannot carry the load alone.
Major equipment on site 6 months before first power — Turbines, transformers, switchgear delivered; installation and commissioning take the remaining months.
Construction started 24 months before first power — Groundbreaking of the building that gives first power. Observed 4-26 months for recent AI campuses; Meta's redesigned campuses took 35-58.
Building ready for IT 0 months before first power — First building ready for IT. 'Complete' or 'opened' is usually reported after first power; flagged only beyond 3 months.
Full build-out complete -12 months before first power — All announced buildings operational. Comes after first power by design; context only.
Water supply secured 12 months before first power — Water rights, municipal agreement or desalination contract in hand. Context only; one of the feasibility items.
Financing closed 12 months before first power — Project financing, anchor lease or committed capital announced. Context only; not applicable when the owner is a hyperscaler building on its balance sheet.

Dated steps (from the sources; later dates are plans)

2024-05-01 Site securedData center announced (May 2024) · ◐

2026-06-18 First powerFirst power (Epoch) · ◐

2027-02-23 plan Full build-out completeCampus estimated complete (Epoch) · ◐

Build-out timeline (Epoch AI; dated status notes with IT power; rows after today are estimates)

2025-03-01—Land clearing begins.

2025-07-04—Building 1 and 2 under construction, with all chillers visible.

2026-03-20—Buildings 1 and 2 are nearly complete, but there's still some equipment strewn around the site and few cars in the front carpark, so we expect 3 more months needed for commissioning and server installation. Building 3 ha

2026-06-18153 MWWe estimate Buildings 1 and 2 are operational.

2027-02-02 est.204 MWBuildings 5 and 6 are operational (estimate). Based on the tent buildings at Meta Prometheus taking about 12 months from starting the tent structure to estimated operation.

2027-02-23 est.358 MWBuildings 3 and 4 are operational (estimate). In September 2025, Building 1 and 2 appeared to be in a similar state to Building 3 and 4 in May 2026. Based on that, we apply an 8-month delay to the Building 1 and 2 operat

Recorded fact The site is energized.

Calculated requirement Energized; watch the build-out timeline for the next buildings.

Sources (Epoch AI selection): Meta Introduction to the Montgomery Project · Meta expansion announcement · Contractor announcement

Epoch AI, 'AI data centers', epoch.ai/data/ai-data-centers (CC BY 4.0); coordinates from GeoNames cities500 (CC BY 4.0) and hand-entered places; overrides in tools/project_overrides.csv with their own sources. Campuses outside the Epoch dataset come from tools/campuses.csv (public reporting, source per row). Data retrieved 2026-10-05. Report a correction to contact@ailoadmap.com (campus id meta-montgomery; include the row and a source link).