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BlackRock-managed funds

BlackRock-managed funds are the proposed majority owner of the El Paso venture with Meta.

Dated commitments & changes

financing agreement

Meta and BlackRock announce an El Paso property venture

The partners announced financing for an AI campus already under construction. Meta would manage the property and be its initial sole occupant.

1 GWPlanned compute capacityplanned compute capacityEl Paso campusstatedMeta ↗
≈$14BDevelopment cost commitmentcommitted development costBuildings and long-lived power, cooling and connectivity infrastructureapproximatelyMeta ↗
El Paso, Texasventure announced
Sources and context

Closing was expected after the announcement and has not been verified. BlackRock-managed funds would own 80%; Meta would own 20%. Opening was targeted for 2028. Debt, equity, distributions and guarantees overlap with the development costs; they cannot be added as separate project spending.