SOURCE: Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce (posted as a "blog" entry)
HEADLINE: Facebook to Build $800 Million Data Center in Gallatin, Tennessee
DATE: August 11, 2020
URL: https://www.nashvillechamber.com/blog/facebook-to-build-800-million-data-center-in-gallatin-tennessee/
RETRIEVED: 2026-08-17
WHY SAVED: REPRINT #1. The state press release republished word for word, including the
all-caps release headline, the bulleted release summary lines, the "NASHVILLE, Tenn. --"
dateline, and the "QUOTES" section header. No byline. No original reporting of any kind.
FORENSIC NOTE: renders "energy- and water- efficient" with a stray space, matching the
Business Facilities copy but NOT the tn.gov page -- suggesting both worked from the same
emailed/distributed version rather than the web page.
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[Full text as published: identical to the TNECD release saved alongside this file, with the
complete untrimmed quotes from Lee, Rolfe, Peterson, Brown, Bradley, Haile, Lamberth and
Weaver, closing with: "For more information, follow the Gallatin Data Center page on
Facebook: www.Facebook.com/GallatinDataCenter."]

Key verbatim paragraph:

"The Facebook Gallatin Data Center will be among the most advanced, energy- and water-
efficient data center facilities in the world. It will be supported by 100 percent renewable
energy, will use 80 percent less water than the average, and, once completed, will be LEED
Gold certified. Facebook has already partnered with the TVA to bring 220 MW of new solar
energy to the Tennessee Valley to support Facebook's operations in the region."