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Meta Mass Timber Data Center Construction Pilot

Sector: Data Center • Location: Aiken; Cheyenne; Montgomery, South Carolina; Wyoming; Alabama, United States

Source: Data Center Dynamics

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Meta has begun piloting the use of mass timber in the construction of its data center campuses, aiming to replace steel and other materials with engineered wood products for strength and durability. The pilot includes the erection of the first timber administrative building at the Aiken, South Carolina campus, with plans to build further mass timber buildings at Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Montgomery,

Status
Under Construction
Sector
Data Center, Forest Products and Packaging, Steel, Commercial, Metal
Location
Aiken; Cheyenne; Montgomery, South Carolina; Wyoming; Alabama, United States of America
Updated
22 Jul 2026
Source
Data Center Dynamics

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The project “Meta Mass Timber Data Center Construction Pilot” is an infrastructure initiative in the Data Center sector, located in Aiken; Cheyenne; Montgomery, South Carolina; Wyoming; Alabama, United States. Taiyo aggregates data on it from Data Center Dynamics.

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under construction

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Under Construction

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2026-07-22

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Meta has begun piloting the use of mass timber in the construction of its data center campuses, aiming to replace steel and other materials with engineered wood products for strength and durability. The pilot includes the erection of the first timber administrative building at the Aiken, South Carolina campus, with plans to build further mass timber buildings at Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Montgomery, Alabama sites. The initiative aims to reduce embodied carbon by around 41% and shorten construction time due to prefabrication.

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Data Center Construction

Location

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United States of America (USA)

State

South Carolina; Wyoming; Alabama

City

Aiken; Cheyenne; Montgomery

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Data Center Dynamics

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Sector

Data Center, Forest Products and Packaging, Steel, Commercial, Metal

Article published date

2025-09-16

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