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28 Jul 2026, 09:30 UTC · 6h ago
Meta Announces New Strategic Venture with BlackRock to Develop Data Center in El Paso
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28 Jul 2026, 09:30 UTC · 6h ago
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Meta and BlackRock are partnering to develop a 1 gigawatt data center campus in El Paso, Texas, with total development costs of approximately $14 billion. — The scale of the investment and capacity indicates a massive acceleration in AI infrastructure build-out, benefiting both companies' long-term growth prospects.
+0.60Meta is diversifying its infrastructure financing by shifting a majority of the ownership (80%) of this project to BlackRock-managed funds. — This asset-light strategy reduces Meta's direct capital expenditure burden while maintaining operational control, improving balance sheet flexibility.
+0.40The data center campus is expected to begin bringing its compute capacity online in 2028. — Provides a clear timeline for when Meta's 'superintelligence' and AI model capabilities will see a significant hardware-driven boost.
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