October 2025 Internal Newsletter

C&SP DATA CENTER NEWS

META to invest $1.5 billion in new AI‑optimized data center in El Paso, Texas Meta has announced a $1.5 billion investment to construct a new, AI‑opti mized data center in El Paso, Texas (Eric El Paso/New Mexico border region). The facility will scale up to 1 GW and is designed to support Meta’s expand ing AI workloads. An exciting feature of this project is Meta plans to match its entire energy consumption with 100 % renewable power Why it matters for sales teams: This project calls for sustainable infrastructure, advanced cooling, and renew able energy integration, areas ripe for collaboration with power, water, and cleantech vendors targeting AI-ready data centers META to invest $1.5 billion in new AI‑optimized data center in El Paso, Texas Open Compute Project launches “Open Data Center for AI” initiative with support from Meta The Open Compute Project (OCP) today announced a new “Open Data Cen ter for AI” strategic initiative aimed at standardizing critical physical infrastruc ture for AI-scale data centers—including power distribution, cooling, manage ment telemetry, and mechanical systems. Backed by industry leaders Google, Meta, and Microsoft, this move seeks to simplify deployment of high-density AI racks and accelerate ecosystem-wide adoption of open specifications Why it matters for sales teams: Standardization across data center infrastructure lowers deployment barriers and speeds market growth. Providers of rack power systems, coolers, mon itoring tools, and modular infrastructure aligned with OCP specifications will find a ready-built audience in hyperscalers and co-location providers. Open Compute Project launches “Open Data Center for AI” initiative with support from Meta