‘We Are Online': Meta Announces The Kuna Data Center Is Now Operating

If there's a buzzword that will get just about any room buzzing these days, it is 'data center'.

Major tech companies from across the globe, due to increased need, have begun building massive data centers that house thousands and thousands of square footage of technology in order to meet the needs to internet, artificial intelligence, and more.

These data centers haven't come without controversy. There have been cities and communities here in America that have said data centers changed their towns as they known them; impacting water and natural resources for the people that live there--all so these things can operate.

The 'data center conversation' has been going on here in the Treasure Valley for about 4-years now, and now, is a reality.

Meta announced that the data center, which has been under construction in Kuna since 2022, is now 'online' and operational. 

We’re excited to announce that the Meta Kuna Data Center is online and fully operational - which means it is officially part of the infrastructure that helps bring Meta's technologies and programs to life.  This milestone represents years of collaboration with local partners and the Kuna community. Since breaking ground in 2022, we've worked together to build a facility that helps power the technologies and services billions of people use every day to communicate, connect with friends and family, and support businesses. We chose Kuna because of its strong infrastructure, talented workforce, and outstanding community partners.
Since breaking ground in 2022, this project has supported 1,600 skilled trade workers at peak construction and represented an investment of more than $1.2 billion in Kuna.

The facility is 750,000 square feet, which is simply massive.

Along with the construction, Meta continues to remind the public of the large amount of money that they have invested into the city, county, and local schools.

Concerned about water?

Meta claims that the building will be using 'closed loop cooling', which they go on to explain will allegedly use 'virtually no water' for the 'majority of the year'.

How much water is circulating in that closed loop? About 200,000 gallons.

Take a look at Meta's photos of this giant data center, along with their release to the public, below: