Jurisdiction: US — Texas (ERCOT)
El Paso, TX; coordinates approximate to city, campus in far-east El Paso
Methodology prs-v0.1 · computed · trigger: manual
Each factor below contributed to the current score. Contributions are rubric weights from methodology prs-v0.1; every factor cites the record it is derived from.
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Dimension
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Factor
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Contribution
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Cites
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Narrative
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| Capital | capital commitment | +50 | Meta (investor) | investor role committed $10,000,000,000 (coverage 100% of $10,000,000,000 capex). |
| Capital | baseline | 40 | Meta El Paso Data Center | Capital base before committed-capital evidence (announcement-only anchor region, §B.2.4). |
| Capital | staleness decay | -25 | Meta El Paso Data Center | Newest capital evidence is 2023-12-31 (freshness window 12 months) — score drifts one rubric level toward the stage-default prior of 50 (§B.4: silence is information). |
| Infrastructure | baseline | 70 | Meta El Paso Data Center | No-adverse-evidence infrastructure baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines). |
| Infrastructure | staleness decay | -20 | Meta El Paso Data Center | Newest infrastructure evidence is 2023-12-31 (freshness window 9 months) — score drifts one rubric level toward the stage-default prior of 50 (§B.4: silence is information). |
| Regulatory | baseline | 70 | Meta El Paso Data Center | No-adverse-evidence regulatory baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines). |
| Regulatory | staleness decay | -20 | Meta El Paso Data Center | Newest regulatory evidence is 2023-12-31 (freshness window 9 months) — score drifts one rubric level toward the stage-default prior of 50 (§B.4: silence is information). |
| Schedule | baseline | 80 | Meta El Paso Data Center | No-adverse-evidence schedule baseline (disclosed config, scoring.prs.baselines). |
| Schedule | milestone achieved | +5 | Groundbreaking | Milestone "Groundbreaking" achieved on/ahead of its first announced date (2025-10-15). |
Groundbreaking · Actual:
Energization · Expected:
No active constraint observations recorded against this project.
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Entity
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Role
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Ownership
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Committed capital
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| Meta | 100% | $10.0B | |
| Meta | — | — | |
| Meta | — | — | |
| El Paso Electric | — | — | |
| El Paso Electric | — | — |
Every substantive field on this record is backed by a canonical claim from a cited source document, graded on the E1 (strongest) – E5 (weakest) evidence ladder.
Meta · Oct 15, 2025 · backs: actual date
https://about.fb.com/news/2025/10/metas-new-ai-optimized-data-center-el-paso/
KVIA · Oct 15, 2025 · backs: capacity mw
https://kvia.com/news/2025/10/15/meta-to-build-1-5-billion-data-center-in-northeast-el-paso/
El Paso Matters · Mar 29, 2026 · backs: capex usd
https://elpasomatters.org/2026/03/29/meta-data-center-el-paso-10-billion-expansion-water-gas-electricity-usage/
CNBC · Mar 26, 2026 · backs: expected date
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/26/meta-to-spend-10-billion-on-ai-data-center-in-el-paso-1gw-by-2028.html
DCD · backs: announced date, status
https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/meta-to-deploy-366mw-of-modular-gas-units-to-power-1gw-data-center-in-el-paso-texas/
Recent ingested source documents linked to this project via extracted claims or triage mentions, newest first.
· El Paso Matters · relevance 0.85
· CNBC · relevance 0.95
· Texas Tribune · relevance 0.75
· KVIA · relevance 0.95
· Meta · relevance 0.85
DCD · relevance 0.95