Stanton Springs Data Center

Last week, our Stanton Springs Data Center team had the privilege of volunteering at JA of Georgia's JA BizTown Discovery Center in Atlanta, working alongside students from Social Circle Middle School. It was inspiring to see these young leaders run businesses, balance budgets, and navigate real-world challenges — all before lunch!

Meta is proud to support Junior Achievement of Georgia’s mission to prepare students for success through hands-on learning in business, entrepreneurship, and financial literacy. As one of our Data Center Community Action Grants recipients, Social Circle Middle School students were able to travel to Atlanta and participate in this immersive experience.

Our partnership with JA of Georgia helps bring life-skills and workforce development training to thousands of students each year, empowering them to make informed decisions about their futures. We’re honored to play a role in expanding access to these opportunities for our data center communities.

This week, we celebrated our 2026 Meta Data Center Community Action Grant recipients at the Stanton Springs Data Center — and it was a joy to bring together this year’s grant recipients, community partners, Meta team members, and local leaders!

Through our Data Center Community Action Grants program, Meta provides funding for nonprofits and schools — addressing critical community needs by putting technology to use for community benefit, enabling people to build strong, sustainable communities, improving local STEAM education — to support the long-term vitality of Newton, Walton, Morgan and Jasper Counties. Learn more on this year’s projects:

Atha Road Elementary School: To establish a dedicated STEM makerspace where students use hands-on tools to develop 21st century skills in creativity, critical thinking and collaboration.

Camp Twin Lakes: To provide adaptive STEAM learning and scholarships for children with serious illnesses and disabilities, fostering resilience through inclusive science education.

Eastside High School, Newton County: To establish a student-managed, fully automated hydroponic farm that utilizes mobile-controlled technology to teach modern precision agriculture and sustainable food systems.

Flint Hill Elementary School, Newton County Schools: To transform traditional instruction through a virtual reality initiative that delivers immersive, curriculum-aligned global field trips directly into the classroom.

Jasper County Charter System: To prepare 7th-grade students for future financial independence through real-world applications of budgeting, savings and economic systems.

UGA Extension, Morgan County GA: To spark curiosity in science and engineering through a youth-led club that uses LEGO Education bundles to explore real-world problem-solving.

Morgan County Charter Schools: To fuel innovation across all grade levels by equipping every classroom with immersive VR kits, professional design tablets and advanced robotics tools.

Newton College & Career Academy: To enhance regional robotics performance by establishing a countywide VEX league and providing elite teams with access to national signature competitions.

Newton County Schools: To remove physical barriers to literacy by deploying digital scanning pens that provide instant audio support for students with reading difficulties.

Newton County Schools: To expand STEM access for students of all abilities by introducing classroom-safe robotic arms for interactive sorting, precision challenges, and inclusive design.

Social Circle City Schools: To bridge the gap between education and the local economy through hands-on simulations that develop essential financial literacy and workforce readiness skills.

Walker Park Elementary School: To deepen conceptual understanding of ecosystems and engineering by integrating multi-sensory VR simulations that support diverse learning styles.

Youth Middle School: To empower educators through professional tech development and to establish a media center 3D printing lab that transitions students from technology consumers to creative designers.

Our thanks to Jerry Silvio, Chairman of the Joint Development Authority, Georgia State Sen. Tonya Anderson, Georgia State Rep. Rey Martinez, and Georgia State Rep. Clint Crowe for joining us.

We were proud to be the Presenting Sponsor of the Newton County Chamber of Commerce’s 2nd Annual Business Summit & Expo, bringing together local business leaders, entrepreneurs, and changemakers to explore the future of workforce development and AI upskilling.

Attendees heard inspiring keynotes from T. Dallas Smith and Leonte Benton, who shared their journeys and strategies for success in today’s evolving business landscape. Our breakout sessions, led by Meta-certified AI expert Gibran Jones, offered hands-on training in digital skills — empowering participants to leverage AI, expand their reach on Messenger, and create engaging Reels for Instagram.

Thank you to everyone who joined us in building a stronger, more skilled workforce for our community. Together, we’re shaping the future of small business.

Last week, our Meta team joined industry leaders, skilled trades partners, and local advocates at the Georgia State Capitol to celebrate the positive impact of data centers across the state.

Our impact in Georgia:

📍 $1.5B+ data center investment
👷 1,300+ skilled trade workers on site at peak construction and 400+ operational jobs supported
🎓 $4.5M+ in direct funding to Newton, Walton, Morgan, and Jasper county schools and nonprofits since 2018
☀️ 1,121 MW of new clean and renewable energy added to the grid in Georgia from projects supported by Meta.

At Meta, our data centers are at the heart of bringing our technologies to life — but they do so much more! They support jobs, help schools and local communities to thrive, and deliver economic impact.

Meta is proud to call Georgia home 💙

Forest heath stewardship and habitat restoration efforts are underway at the Stanton Springs Data Center!

In the coming weeks, residents and passersby may notice smoke intermittently from a carefully planned prescribed burn to the southwest of our site. This is one of the tools we are using to keep our forest in optimum health.

Prescribed burning is a common management tool used by timber companies, farmers, and habitat managers alike to promote ecosystem health – on our land, we expect it to reduce forest understory residue and crowding while recycling nutrients, building soil, controlling forest pests and diseases, reducing invasive species, and reducing risk of wildfire.

This work has been carefully planned by and will be performed and overseen by our licensed burn professional partners, the Georgia Forestry Commission and Native Habitat Project. The burn will proceed only if perfect climate conditions are observed. We are engaging closely with our critical partners, including Walton, Morgan, and Newton Counties and their Fire Departments.

For more information on why this work is so critical please read the following resources:

Ga Forestry Commission: https://gatrees.org/fire-prevention-suppression/prescribed-burn/

We’re thrilled to announce the 2026 Meta Data Center Community Action Grants recipients!

Through our Data Center Community Action Grants program, Meta provides funding for nonprofits and schools to support the long-term vitality of Newton, Walton, Morgan and Jasper Counties. We fund projects that address critical community needs by putting technology to use for community benefit, enabling people to build strong, sustainable communities and improving local science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) education.

Congratulations to the 2026 Stanton Springs Data Center grant recipients and a big thank you for your impactful work:

Atha Road Elementary School
Camp Twin Lakes
Eastside High School, Newton County
Flint Hill Elementary School, Newton County Schools
Jasper County Charter System
Georgia 4-H
Morgan County Charter Schools
Newton College & Career Academy
Newton County Schools
Social Circle City Schools
Walker Park Elementary School
Youth Middle School

Learn more about the grant recipients http://datacenters.atmeta.com/2026Recipients

Over the last year, Meta has helped serve more than 32,000 middle-school students from across the United States through our partnership with Junior Achievement – including JA of Georgia at the JA BizTown Discovery Center that brings together students from our local data center community schools.

We were proud to sponsor the Junior Achievement annual Hall of Fame Gala. What a wonderful night celebrating with Claire Lewis ArnoldCo-Founder and CEO, Leapfrog Services and Dr. Beverly Daniel Tatum President Emerita, Spelman College as they join the prestigious list of business leaders in the JA Hall of Fame who have enriched the Atlanta community.

Congratulations to the team at Junior Achievement and their life-changing work!