Meta Aiken Data Center
Meta is building a 200 MW data center in Aiken County, South Carolina (under construction). One source reports this facility in the Kapwork Grow tracker.
- Capacity
- 200 MW
- Investment
- $800M
- Site
- 300 acres
- Reported jobs
- 100
Who's on this build
Named in the cited sources. No source reports who builds it.
- Other Meta builds
Operator
Meta
Utility
Aiken Electric Cooperative
Timeline
Dates as reported. Not a bid calendar. A planned date is not evidence that work occurred.
- Today
Under construction
Last material change Sep 24, 2026.
- ~2 yr ago
Construction start
- ~2 yr ago
Event date: · First observed: Not reported
- ~2 yr ago
Announced
Reported updates without an event date
Reported for 2024-09.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Reported for 2024-08.
Event date: Not reported · First observed: Not reported
Record quality
- Datasets
- 1
- Location
- Site footprint confirmed
- Summary
- From published records
- Source as of
- Last material change
Site and infrastructure
CA Compute AtlasKW Kapwork Grow tracker record
Status
- Operator
- Meta
- Stage
- Under construction
- Facility type
- AI data center
Scale
- Reported capacity
- 200 MW
- Reported investment
- $800M
- Site area
- 300 acres
- Reported jobs
- 100
Reported dates
- Announced
- 2024-08
- Construction start reported
- 2024-09
Site
- City
- Graniteville
- County
- Aiken
- State
- South Carolina
- Location precision
- Site footprint confirmed
Power and cooling
- Utility
- Aiken Electric Cooperative
- Power source
- Mixed sources
- AI workload
- Confirmed AI or machine-learning workload
Sources, method and limits
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What each source reports
| Dataset | Reported name | Reported status | Reported MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compute Atlas | Meta Aiken Data Center | Under construction | 200 MW |
Sources and evidence
- CACompute Atlas facility record (Kubiak, E., 2026, CC BY 4.0)As of: Aug 26, 2026 · Record: meta-aiken-county-sc
- CAData Center Dynamics (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CAPost and Courier / Aiken Standard (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 6, 2026
- CAWFXG (Augusta/Aiken local news) (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Jul 17, 2026
- CAOffice of the Governor of South Carolina (cited by Compute Atlas)As of: Aug 26, 2026
- KWKapwork Grow tracker record, merged from the sources listed here (free account)As of: Sep 23, 2026 · Record: 133368077694754
Limitations and interpretation
- This record is the Kapwork Grow tracker's merged view of a facility, from the tracker snapshot built 2026-09-23. Facts tagged KW are the tracker's resolved values; the per-source rows it was merged from are listed under Sources and on the tracker record.
- Sources on this record: Compute Atlas: Kubiak, E. (2026). Compute Atlas [Data set]. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22284476 (CC BY 4.0). Every source is licensed for commercial use with attribution.
- An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order.
- Capacity figures are as reported by the cited sources and may describe planned rather than energised capacity.
Cite or correct this record
Kapwork Grow, “Meta Aiken Data Center”, https://kapwork.com/grow/directory/datacenters/meta-aiken-data-center-sc-dc_794c2ce53722, materially updated Sep 24, 2026.
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An announced or permitted build is not a contract, an open bid or a purchase order. Capacity and dates are as reported by the cited sources. “Not reported” means missing information, not zero. Completed and withdrawn records can remain available as historical records.
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