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Data center campus · North Huntsville Industrial Park, Huntsville, Madison County, Alabama

Meta Huntsville data center campus

Operating as of Dec. 19, 2022

Meta's first Alabama campus sits in the North Huntsville Industrial Park on land the city sold to its affiliate Starbelt LLC in 2018. It came online in 2021 and was expanded with a second campus to the north, bringing the site to nearly 600 acres and about 3.5 million square feet planned. Also known as: Starbelt LLC.

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PowerNot statedNot reported in the records found
Floor area3.5e+06sq ft
Site600acres

Who is behind it

ProjectMeta Huntsville data center campusAlso: Starbelt LLC
Developer and teamMeta Platforms
End userMeta Platforms

The record, newest first

  1. Meta paused construction on part of the Huntsville project to move to a new design. (256 Today, Dec. 19, 2022)

  2. Meta announced two more buildings, taking the campus toward 3.5 million square feet, total Huntsville investment above $1.5 billion and more than 300 jobs. (Huntsville Business Journal, June 14, 2022)

  3. City Council considered a project agreement for a $750 million, 250-acre expansion creating a second campus north of the first, with 50 added jobs. (City of Huntsville, Dec. 30, 2021; 256 Today, Jan. 3, 2022)

  4. The Huntsville data center went live after construction that began in 2018; investment then reported at $1 billion. (WAFF 48, Sept. 15, 2021)

  5. Governor's office and city announced a $750 million Facebook data center with about 100 jobs, backed by an estimated $86.25 million Jobs Act investment credit. (Office of Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey, June 14, 2018; City of Huntsville, June 14, 2018)

  6. Huntsville City Council unanimously approved selling 340 acres in the North Huntsville Industrial Park to Starbelt LLC for $8.5 million. (City of Huntsville, June 14, 2018)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Coordinates approximate, North Huntsville Industrial Park area off Pulaski Pike.
  • City release (Dec. 2021) said two buildings operating, a third with a certificate of occupancy and three more under construction.
  • Investment figures differ across sources: $750M (2018), $1B (2021), $3B to date (city, Dec. 2021), more than $1.5B (Meta, 2022).

The full record

Status note
First buildings went live in September 2021; later reporting said part of the expansion was paused in December 2022 for a redesign, and no public record found here confirms when that work resumed or finished.
Power note
No stated data center load found. Meta cited 447 MW of contracted new renewable generation tied to the campus (2022) and the city cited a 1,000-acre Tennessee solar farm; that is generation, not data center load.
Evidence
Primary public records
Size class
50 MW or more (tracker scope)
Map position approximate, from the reported address or area. Updated Oct. 17, 2026.