July 28 : Meta Platforms and investment manager BlackRock on Tuesday formed a venture to develop and operate a data center campus in El Paso, Texas, a project valued at about $14 billion, as the social media giant aggressively builds AI infrastructure.

Meta stock plummeted almost 10% earlier this year—wiping $175 billion from its market cap—after the company hiked its expected capital spending for AI infrastructure.

Meta and BlackRock announce a venture to finance the development and operation of a data center campus in El Paso, Texas.

Meta Platforms and BlackRock are developing a $14 billion data center campus in El Paso, Texas. BlackRock-managed funds will own eighty percent of the venture, and Meta retains…