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Data center campus · Meta Loop, Gallatin Industrial Center, about four miles northeast of downtown Gallatin, Sumner County, Tennessee

Meta Gallatin data center campus

Operating as of Nov. 2, 2026

Meta's roughly 900-acre campus in the Gallatin Industrial Center, open since 2024, is at the center of the city's 2026 fight over a data center moratorium, its water use, and land annexed next door. Also known as: Project Woolhawk, Woolhawk LLC, Facebook Gallatin data center.

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Power300MW reported · stated
Floor area1,700,000sq ft
Site900acres

Who is behind it

ProjectMeta Gallatin data center campusAlso: Project Woolhawk, Woolhawk LLC, Facebook Gallatin data center
Developer and teamMeta (through Woolhawk LLC (land buyer))
End userMeta

The record, newest first

  1. WSMV reported that the second reading of Ordinance O26Ø9-67, a six-month pause on new data center applications, was set for Nov. 3; no result was available as of this report. Its effect on the existing campus is not stated in the reports opened. (WSMV, Nov. 2, 2026)

  2. The council passed the ordinance on first reading after cutting it to six months, with Mayor Brown breaking a tie on the shorter length. (NewsChannel 5 (WTVF), Sept. 16, 2026; WSMV, Nov. 2, 2026)

  3. WKU Public Radio reported about 300 MW needed at full build-out, plans for up to 12 buildings, Meta's 2025 water use above 53 million gallons and about 65 operational roles, with Meta declining a tour. (Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom (WKU Public Radio, via Louisville Public Media), Sept. 8, 2026; WPLN (Appalachia + Mid-South Newsroom), Sept. 8, 2026)

  4. After a 5-2 planning commission recommendation, the council's work session unanimously advanced a 12-month moratorium. (FOX 17 (WZTV), Sept. 8, 2026; NewsChannel 5 (WTVF), Sept. 9, 2026)

  5. The council asked the planning commission to study a moratorium. (FOX 17 (WZTV), July 22, 2026; WSMV, July 20, 2026)

  6. At a work session the council voted to go ahead with drafting a moratorium, which would pass through the planning commission; Brown and Jouvence disagreed over how Meta's water use compares with residents' sprinklers. (WSMV, July 14, 2026; WSMV, July 13, 2026; NewsChannel 5 (WTVF), July 15, 2026)

  7. WSMV reported that the council had annexed about 125 acres just north of the campus that week. The resolutions state no purpose; Jouvence said it looked suited to a new data center, and Mayor Brown later said a Meta expansion was unlikely soon and no data center had shown interest. (WSMV, July 9, 2026; WKRN News 2, July 20, 2026)

  8. Councilman Pascal Jouvence proposed a two-year pause on new data centers and crypto mines; the council put off the vote so it could be drafted properly. Neighbors told WSMV about construction noise and flooding from runoff, and one couple said buyers backed out of a home sale. (FOX 17 (WZTV), June 23, 2026; WSMV, June 23, 2026)

  9. Local officials marked the opening as the campus began serving traffic; WKRN reported four buildings totaling more than 1.7 million square feet and more than 100 jobs. (WKRN News 2, Nov. 14, 2024; Tennessee Town & City (Tennessee Municipal League), Nov. 15, 2024; Nashville Business Journal (via Gallatin Economic Development Agency), Nov. 15, 2024)

  10. The Gallatin Municipal Planning Commission approved the added building. (Nashville Business Journal (via Gallatin Economic Development Agency), May 21, 2024)

  11. Meta sought city approval for one more building of about 276,000 to 278,000 square feet, which would take the campus to almost 1.9 million. (Nashville Business Journal (via Gallatin Economic Development Agency), April 15, 2024; The Tennessean (via AOL), undated; Data Center Dynamics, undated)

  12. Meta filed plans, which the city approved, for an expansion building of 627,000 square feet of data center space and 45,000 of office. DCD put total investment past $1 billion; Meta's own figure that year was nearly $1 billion (month only). (Data Center Dynamics, undated; Data Center Dynamics, undated; Data Center Dynamics, undated)

  13. Facebook was revealed as the company behind Project Woolhawk: $800 million, 982,000 square feet and about 100 jobs, recruited over three years by the local agency, the state and TVA. (Tennessee Central Economic Authority (from GallatinNews.com), Aug. 12, 2020; Trade and Industry Development, Aug. 13, 2020)

  14. Gallatin approved about $19.5 million in tax breaks for the then-unnamed project (month only). Woolhawk LLC had bought about 809 acres earlier in 2020 for nearly $20 million. (Tennessee Central Economic Authority (from GallatinNews.com), Aug. 12, 2020)

Conflicts and open questions

  • Buildings and square feet: 1.7 million across four buildings (WKRN, WKU Public Radio, 2024-2026), nearly 1.9 million including the approved fifth (Nashville Business Journal). NewsChannel 5 (June 2026) listed only the 276,000-square-foot building as existing.
  • Acres: 800 to 809 in 2020-2024 reports, more than 900 in 2026 reports.
  • Jobs conflict: about 65 operational roles (Meta spokesperson, 2026) vs. more than 100 (Mayor Brown; Meta's 2024 event).
  • Tax figures conflict: an estimated $1.8 million in local taxes in 2025 (WKU Public Radio) vs. tens of millions of dollars a year expected (The Tennessean, around the 2024 filing). Jouvence said he only recently learned where the PILOT money went; Brown said the board has discretion over it, and records the board released show much of it went to Sumner County schools (WKU Public Radio).
  • A resident told WKU Public Radio that Facebook sent her a $2,500 check and she signed a statement not to sue after construction blasting; this is her account. She said the city sent structural engineers after she complained, and the report says a crack was attributed to settling.
  • WKU Public Radio says the council approved a 60-day pause on July 28, 2026 and the planning commission recommended a 12-month moratorium on Aug. 25; the other reports opened do not mention the 60-day pause, and the formal order was not opened.
  • Coordinates are approximate, from the reported distance to downtown Gallatin; the 2022 amended site plan used 1432 Gateway Drive.

The full record

Status note
Serving traffic since Nov. 14, 2024, with four buildings as of Sept. 2026; a fifth was approved in May 2024, and no record opened shows it built.
Power note
Expected need at full build-out, as reported by WKU Public Radio; Meta's actual load is confidential under its TVA contract.
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.