Meta to establish data center in Aiken County, SC [Video]

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina will soon be home to a technology giant’s new data center, scheduled to become operational in 2027.

Meta, parent company of Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp, announced it will establish a data center in the Sage Mill Industrial Park in Aiken County. That location is close to the towns of Vaucluse and Graniteville.

The $800 million investment by the company will support 100 new operational jobs at the 715,000-square-foot data center. The facility will be optimized for Meta’s artificial intelligence (AI) workloads.

Data centers require an enormous amount of electricity for its operations. Meta’s electricity use will be matched with 100% renewable energy, and the company will work with local partners to add new renewables to the grid. The campus will also achieve Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification once operational.

This will be Meta’s first data center site in South Carolina, …