The facility will feature Open Compute Project hardware, and will be powered by 200MW wind plant, which is under construction in Clay County.
The Fort Worth data center will complement the company’s existing facilities in Altoona, Pennsylvania; Prineville, Oregon; Forest City, Ohio, US, and Lulea, Sweden.
Facebook has already commenced grading of the 110-acre property.
Work on the first phase of the data center building is planned to be completed by late 2016.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said: "Facebook’s mission is to ‘connect the world.’ With locations in Austin, Dallas, and now the new data center in Fort Worth, those connections are made right here in the heart of Texas."
The project is estimated to cost around $1bn up on completion of the second phase, and will support the region with around 100 jobs.
Facebook west region data center operations director Ken Patchett said: "Our Fort Worth facility will be one of the most advanced, efficient, and sustainable data centers in the world.
"It will feature the latest in our Open Compute Project hardware designs — including Yosemite, Wedge, and 6-pack — and it will be cooled using outdoor air instead of energy-intensive air conditioners."
In addition to Facebook, Google and Amazon have embarked on green energy projects.
Last month, Google has unveiled plans to convert a soon-to-be retired coal-fired power plant in Alabama to a renewably-powered data center, while Amazon has partnered with Community Energy to build 80MW solar project in Virginia.
Image: An artist’s impression of Facebook’s Fort Worth data center. Photo: courtesy of Facebook.
