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Released November 14, 2025 | SUGAR LAND
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Written by Danny Levin, Deputy Editor for Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)
In addition to the data center project investment, Meta will work with Alliant and cover $200 million in "energy infrastructure investments including network upgrades, utility substations, and transmission lines," according to an Alliant press release.
An Alliant transmission line already runs directly though the commerce park site, which features 190 acres of shovel-ready land and an existing 520-acre plot for future development, both of which could serve as the site for the data center's power infrastructure.
The Beaver Dam data center campus, spanning more than 700,000 square feet, is expected to come online in 2027. Meta said the campus' entire electricity use will be matched by clean and renewable energy but did not say how much power the data center would consume; such mega-sized AI data centers can require more than 1 gigawatt (GW) of power.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Industrial Manufacturing Project Database can view the related project information and plant profile.
Meta has been in the news throughout the year regarding its effort to power major data centers.
In August, Louisiana state regulators approved Entergy Corporation's (New Orleans, Louisiana) construction of more than 2 GW of gas plants and at least 1.5 GW of solar power to run what would be Meta's largest data center: the nearly $10 billion, 2-GW Project Hyperion AI campus in Richland Parish. Like the Beaver Dam campus, Meta pledged to match Hyperion's electricity usage with 100% renewable energy.
For more information, see August 27, 2025, article - Louisiana Greenlights Massive Power Projects for Meta Data Center.
Elsewhere, Meta has a 20-year power purchase agreement in place to offtake the full output from a now-shuttered nuclear plant that Constellation Energy (Baltimore, Maryland) aims to bring back online in 2027: the 1.21-GW Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois. For more information, see June 27, 2025, article - Constellation's Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Could Restart in 2027.
The tech giant also reached an agreement in June to procure an additional 791 megawatts (MW) of solar and wind energy from Invenergy LLC (Chicago, Illinois).
In a related press release, Urvi Parekh, head of global auto mobility for Meta, said the company is "laser-focused on advancing our AI ambitions--and to do that, we need clean, reliable energy."
In September, Atem Energy, a subsidiary of Meta, filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to sell energy, capacity, and certain ancillary services at market-based rates. According to the filing, which the agency is reviewing, Meta requested to begin selling excess capacity as soon as November 16.
The wholesale energy markets would include the PJM Interconnection (PJM) (Valley Forge, Pennsylvania); New York Independent System Operator (NYISO); ISO New England (ISO-NE) (Holyoke, Massachusetts); California Independent System Operator (CAISO); Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) (Carmel, Indiana); and Southwest Power Pool (SPP) (Little Rock, Arkansas).
Shortly thereafter, Bloomberg reported a Meta spokesperson said the request to sell power and participating in energy markets was a logical step for the company.
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Summary
Meta continues to advance its efforts to obtain power for major AI data centers.Meta Needs Power
Meta Platforms Incorporated (Menlo Park, California) on Wednesday announced it is breaking ground on a $1 billion+ artificial intelligence (AI) data center campus in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, at the Beaver Dam Commerce Park, in local utility Alliant Energy's (Madison, Wisconsin) service area.In addition to the data center project investment, Meta will work with Alliant and cover $200 million in "energy infrastructure investments including network upgrades, utility substations, and transmission lines," according to an Alliant press release.
An Alliant transmission line already runs directly though the commerce park site, which features 190 acres of shovel-ready land and an existing 520-acre plot for future development, both of which could serve as the site for the data center's power infrastructure.
The Beaver Dam data center campus, spanning more than 700,000 square feet, is expected to come online in 2027. Meta said the campus' entire electricity use will be matched by clean and renewable energy but did not say how much power the data center would consume; such mega-sized AI data centers can require more than 1 gigawatt (GW) of power.
Subscribers to Industrial Info's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) Industrial Manufacturing Project Database can view the related project information and plant profile.
Meta has been in the news throughout the year regarding its effort to power major data centers.
In August, Louisiana state regulators approved Entergy Corporation's (New Orleans, Louisiana) construction of more than 2 GW of gas plants and at least 1.5 GW of solar power to run what would be Meta's largest data center: the nearly $10 billion, 2-GW Project Hyperion AI campus in Richland Parish. Like the Beaver Dam campus, Meta pledged to match Hyperion's electricity usage with 100% renewable energy.
For more information, see August 27, 2025, article - Louisiana Greenlights Massive Power Projects for Meta Data Center.
Elsewhere, Meta has a 20-year power purchase agreement in place to offtake the full output from a now-shuttered nuclear plant that Constellation Energy (Baltimore, Maryland) aims to bring back online in 2027: the 1.21-GW Clinton Clean Energy Center in Illinois. For more information, see June 27, 2025, article - Constellation's Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant Could Restart in 2027.
The tech giant also reached an agreement in June to procure an additional 791 megawatts (MW) of solar and wind energy from Invenergy LLC (Chicago, Illinois).
In a related press release, Urvi Parekh, head of global auto mobility for Meta, said the company is "laser-focused on advancing our AI ambitions--and to do that, we need clean, reliable energy."
Meta Wants to Sell Wholesale Power
While large data centers can require several gigawatts of power, Meta also is seeking to offload excess power capacity by selling it on the wholesale market.In September, Atem Energy, a subsidiary of Meta, filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to sell energy, capacity, and certain ancillary services at market-based rates. According to the filing, which the agency is reviewing, Meta requested to begin selling excess capacity as soon as November 16.
The wholesale energy markets would include the PJM Interconnection (PJM) (Valley Forge, Pennsylvania); New York Independent System Operator (NYISO); ISO New England (ISO-NE) (Holyoke, Massachusetts); California Independent System Operator (CAISO); Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) (Carmel, Indiana); and Southwest Power Pool (SPP) (Little Rock, Arkansas).
Shortly thereafter, Bloomberg reported a Meta spokesperson said the request to sell power and participating in energy markets was a logical step for the company.
Key Takeaways
- Meta continues to obtain power for data centers.
- The tech giant's AI data center buildout requires a considerable amount of power.
- Company also aims to sell excess power on the wholesale energy market.
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Industrial Info Resources (IIR) is the leading provider of industrial market intelligence. Since 1983, IIR has provided comprehensive research, news and analysis on the industrial process, manufacturing and energy related industries. IIR's Global Market Intelligence (GMI) platform helps companies identify and pursue trends across multiple markets with access to real, qualified and validated plant and project opportunities. Across the world, IIR is tracking more than 200,000 current and future projects worth $17.8 trillion (USD).
