Meta Temple Data Center

Meta; Polmer (City of Temple lists 'Polmer: Meta Temple Data Center'; TDLR owner Polmer LLC)

Status: Operational; TTX03 building registered (TDLR)
Developer / parties: Meta; Polmer (City of Temple lists 'Polmer: Meta Temple Data Center'; TDLR owner Polmer LLC)
Location: Temple (Enterprise Industrial Park), Bell County
Size: Optimized for AI workloads (Meta). TTX03: 145,177 sq ft single-story data center building (TDLR)
Investment: TTX03 est. $197M (TDLR, as filed)
Reported benefits: More than $1.7M to Bell County-area schools and nonprofits since groundbreaking; $400K+ grant to Temple and Belton ISDs (Meta)
Concerns / impacts: Meta says it will publish water withdrawal and energy use in its annual sustainability report (Meta)
Last verified: 2026-10-18

Milestones

Figures are attributed in parentheses to the outlet or company that reported them. Where sources disagree, we show both.

2022 approved (City of Temple)
Jul 22 2026 Meta announced the data center is serving traffic (Meta)
City lists it as completed and operational (2026) (City of Temple)
Dec 13 2024 'TTX Data Center' guard house registered at 3101 Industrial Boulevard (312 sq ft, $500,000; owner Polmer, LLC; Project Closed)
Dec 15 2025 'Temple Data Center' building TTX03 registered at 2230 Eberhardt Rd (145,177 sq ft single-story data center, est. $197M; owner Polmer LLC; completion Sep 30 2026; Project Registered) (TDLR, found Oct 18 2026)

Linked power & water

Power

Company claim 100% clean/renewable energy matching; Meta pays full energy costs: Temple Data Center electricity use is matched with 100% clean and renewable energy; Meta says it pays the full costs of the data center's energy use (Meta, Jul 22 2026). Specific supply projects not named. datacenters.atmeta.com ↗

Water

Company claim Closed-loop liquid cooling; regional water restoration project: Water-efficient closed-loop, liquid-cooled system; Meta supports a regional conservation and restoration project returning 5.2 million gallons a year to the local watershed (Meta, Jul 22 2026). datacenters.atmeta.com ↗

Power and water projects tied to this data center: on-site or dedicated generation, utility and grid capacity deals, substations, water supply, reclaimed water and wastewater permits. Each item is labeled by source type.

Related records

2025-12-15

Building registration (TDLR) Official record Bell County · Meta Temple Data Center

TDLR TABS: 'Temple Data Center' TTX03, 145,177 sq ft single-story data center, est. $197M, 2230 Eberhardt Rd; owner Polmer LLC (Meta, per City of Temple).

Source: tdlr.texas.gov ↗

Sources

Company claim datacenters.atmeta.com
Official record templetx.gov
Official record tdlr.texas.gov
Official record tdlr.texas.gov

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