Meta's Data Centers Drive Economic Growth Across the US (about.fb.com)

Meta announced a major push to expand AI-ready data center infrastructure across the US, committing over $600 billion by 2028 to support AI technology, infrastructure, and workforce growth. The company says its data center projects have already created economic ripple effects—supporting more than 30,000 skilled-trade jobs and 5,000 operational roles since 2010, channeling over $20 billion to US subcontractors, and acting as a major customer for domestic contractors and manufacturers. Meta has also distributed $58 million in Data Center Community Action Grants and provided millions for utility bill assistance and local STEAM programs. For the AI/ML community, the announcement underlines how large-scale compute expansion depends on power, water and local infrastructure. Meta reports enabling hundreds of millions in grid upgrades and adding about 15 gigawatts of new energy to US grids to meet data center demand, while designing facilities to be significantly more water-efficient than industry norms and aiming to be water-positive by 2030. The technical implications are clear: scaling next-generation models requires coordinated investment in generation capacity, transmission, cooling and skilled labor, and these choices will shape where and how future AI compute is deployed.