‘Big day’ for Utah city as Facebook’s parent firm plans to nearly double the size of its data center

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg says Eagle Mountain’s “giant supercomputer” would be powered by renewable energy and consume less water than such facilities typically do for cooling.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) Meta technician Dylan Poulsen repairs a server at a data storage center in Eagle Mountain on Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Meta announced Friday that the facility will double in size to nearly 4.5 million square feet.