Meta, the proprietor of Facebook, announced an expansion to its Eagle Mountain data center on Friday.

The Eagle Mountain data center currently consists of five buildings that store data to help power Meta’s apps and services, but the site is set to see some big changes.

Mark Zuckerburg, the founder and CEO of Meta, addressed the data center’s expansion in a post on his personal Facebook page.

“The technology in our data centers is pretty wild. They’re basically like a giant supercomputer, powering our global infrastructure and future advances in (artificial intelligence) and the metaverse,” reads the post. “We’re always improving our designs and building more, including our new plan to add 2 million square feet to our Eagle Mountain Data Center in Utah. This one uses less water to cool our servers more efficiently. All of our data centers run on 100% renewable energy.”

The Eagle Mountain data center will nearly double in size with the addition of 2 million square feet, bringing the center to 4.5 million total square feet. With this third phase of expansion, Meta will have invested a total of $1.5 billion into the project.

The company also announced on Friday that it is giving $200,000 to ongoing efforts to restore water flows through Utah County’s Hobble Creek. This is a part of Meta’s commitment to restore 200% of the water it consumes in Utah.

The grant, which is made out to the Central Utah Water Conservancy District, will restore close to 467 million gallons of water per year by replacing the diversion dam, which will allow for improved water flow to the creek.

According to a press release from Meta, the company won’t stop there.

“Eagle Mountain, Utah is our home, and we are committed to doing our part by continuing to find projects that will restore water to the community and helping reduce shared water challenges in local and regional watersheds,” stated the press release.

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