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Entity dossier · Nº 012

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Internet Content & Information NASDAQ: META Public meta.com ↗ Menlo Park, CA, United States SEC CIK 1326801 ↗

No evidence meets rubric thresholds for any scored category. Model synthesis · opinion

Unranked · insufficient data
Kardashev-equivalent K 0.323

1.7 GW average power · 14.98 TWh/yr electricity consumed (2023).

K = (log₁₀P − 6) / 10 with P in watts. Humanity today ≈ K 0.73. Computed in code from the reported figure — source: web.archive.org/web/20260607053700id_/https://cafe-dc.com....

Not ranked: insufficient data: 45% of weight scored (needs 60%). We publish what was verified, but an entity is ranked only with at least 60% of the weight scored, more than 40% of the scored weight measured, and confidence above 20%. Ranking rules. Missing data is never filled with a default.

Index composition

65% measured · 35% opinion · method
Energy throughput Measured 30% 5.6   47%
Compute capacity Measured 20% —   no data
Growth gradient Measured 15% 7.1   71%
Frontier acceleration Opinion 15% —   no data
Builder velocity Opinion 12% —   no data
Permission to build Opinion 8% —   no data

Index = weighted mean of the scored categories (weights renormalized over what was scored) · coverage 45% · confidence 25% · measured share 100% of the scored weight (opinion 0%). No “overall” is asked of the model. Scores are AI-assisted (disclosures).

Run history

Every published measurement, newest first. N is the run on the leaderboard now; failed attempts are not shown. Unranked runs show no Index; Δ and the Index trend compare ranked runs only.

A trend line appears after the second published run.

RunPublishedIndexΔK-equivMethodView
N current 2026-10-10 Unranked — 0.323 pipeline-v2.9 · weights-v1 · rubrics-v1 viewing

Measured — computed in code from reported figures

Joules · weight 30%

Energy throughput

5.6/ 10

Reported electricity consumed: 14,975,435 MWh (2023) = 14.98 TWh/yr → 1.7 GW average → score 5.6, K = 0.323. Electricity only (fuels not included), so this likely understates total energy. Sources disagreed by more than 25% for this period; confidence reduced.

P = annual energy (J) / seconds per year → average watts. Score = clamp(2.5 × (log₁₀P − 7), 0, 10). Kardashev-equivalent K = (log₁₀P − 6) / 10. · confidence 47%

Watts of thought · weight 20%

Compute capacity

—no data

No verified operating data-center capacity was found, so this category is unscored. Planned capacity of 6.6 GW is reported but not scored.

Planned / under construction: 6,600 MW (by 2035) — shown, not scored.

Score = clamp(2.5 × log₁₀(MW), 0, 10).

Slope · weight 15%

Growth gradient

7.1/ 10

Compound annual growth: capex +31%/yr over 3y, revenue +20%/yr over 3y → score 7.1. Not available: energy (confidence reduced).

  • Verified evidence
  • PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment = 31,186,000,000 USD for fiscal year ended 2022-12-31 (10-K, accession 0001326801-25-000017) sec.gov · fetched 2026-10-10 ↗
  • PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment = 27,045,000,000 USD for fiscal year ended 2023-12-31 (10-K, accession 0001628280-26-003942) sec.gov · fetched 2026-10-10 ↗
  • PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment = 37,256,000,000 USD for fiscal year ended 2024-12-31 (10-K, accession 0001628280-26-003942) sec.gov · fetched 2026-10-10 ↗
  • PaymentsToAcquirePropertyPlantAndEquipment = 69,691,000,000 USD for fiscal year ended 2025-12-31 (10-K, accession 0001628280-26-003942) sec.gov · fetched 2026-10-10 ↗
  • +4 more in Reported figures
Each available sub-metric's compound annual growth rate (up to 3 years) is mapped piecewise-linearly through the anchors, then combined with weights capex 50%, revenue 25%, energy 25% (renormalized over what is available). · confidence 71%

Opinion — model-judged against written rubrics, from verified quotes only

Opinion · Capability · weight 15%

Frontier acceleration

—insufficient

Insufficient verified evidence for this rubric.

Opinion Rubric

Opinion · Shipping · weight 12%

Builder velocity

—insufficient

Insufficient verified evidence for this rubric.

Opinion Rubric

Opinion · Policy · weight 8%

Permission to build

—insufficient

Insufficient verified evidence for this rubric.

Opinion Rubric

Reported figures

MetricValuePeriodSource
Capital expenditure 69,691,000,000 USD FY2025 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Capital expenditure 37,256,000,000 USD FY2024 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Capital expenditure 27,045,000,000 USD FY2023 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Capital expenditure 31,186,000,000 USD FY2022 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Revenue 200,966,000,000 USD FY2025 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Revenue 164,501,000,000 USD FY2024 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Revenue 134,902,000,000 USD FY2023 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Revenue 116,609,000,000 USD FY2022 sec.gov ↗ SEC XBRL
Electricity consumed 14,975,435 MWh 2023 web.archive.org ↗
Electricity consumed 2,187,020 MWh 2023 web.archive.org ↗
Data-center capacity (planned) 6.6 GW by 2035 utilitydive.com ↗
Data-center capacity (planned) 15.8 GW 2026 aidatacenterindex.com ↗

Sources we fetched and verified

  1. SEC XBRL company facts — Meta Platforms, Inc. data.sec.gov/api/xbrl/companyfacts/CIK0001326801.json · fetched 2026-10-10 · primary
  2. Meta inks nuclear deals for up to 6.6 GW from Oklo, Vistra, TerraPower | Utility Dive utilitydive.com/news/meta-nuclear-deal-oklo-vistra-terrap... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 26e878663028
  3. Metaデータセンターの電力消費量が大幅増の14,975GWh | Data Center Café archived copy (Wayback Machine, 2026-06-07) of cafe-dc.com/sustainable/meta-data-center-electricity-cons... — the original refused our fetcher · fetched 2026-10-10
  4. Apple increases energy consumption to 2,500 GWh in data centers while maintaining 100% renewable energy |... cloudnews.tech/apple-increases-energy-consumption-to-2500... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 63ab34aeda95
  5. Noon Energy and Meta agree on up to 1 GW/100 GWh ESS for US data centres | Enerdata enerdata.net/publications/daily-energy-news/noon-energy-a... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 4f3ae31a77c2
  6. Meta Launches 2025 Sustainability Report - Meta Data Centers datacenters.atmeta.com/2025/09/meta-launches-2025-sustain... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 6618b9be8e26
  7. Resources - Meta Sustainability sustainability.atmeta.com/resources · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 40136c88891b
  8. 2025 Sustainability Report - Meta Sustainability sustainability.atmeta.com/2025-sustainability-report · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 987430a8911c
  9. Meta 2025 Responsible Business Practices Report scontent-den2-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.8562-6/591949991_30245... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 012e0e4b87f6
  10. Meta AI Data Centers (2026) | 20 Locations, 15.8 GW aidatacenterindex.com/operators/meta · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 2b0c9ff51269
  11. Apple 2025 Environmental Progress Report apple.com/environment/pdf/Apple_Environmental_Progress_Re... · fetched 2026-10-10 · sha256 597676e8b48a

3 other candidate links were rejected (dead, soft-404, blocked or unreadable) and are not shown.

Run N · 2026-10-10 12:07 PDT · 1m 21s · 8 stages · grok-4.3
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researchsucceeded15 s7
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pipeline-v2.9 · prompts-v2.5 · rubrics-v1 · weights-v1 · bundle f7ca9a5c4a2a · code eb7ac43

Last updated 2026-10-10 How the Index is computed