Social media giant Meta has unveiled plans for a massive data center which will bring 1,000 jobs to a rural county in America's heartland. 

The big tech firm, which owns Facebook and WhatsApp, intends to build the $800 million hub in Wyoming's Cheyenne.

The 715,000 square foot center is scheduled to open by 2027, Cowboy State Daily reports.

At the peak of its construction the scheme, dubbed Project Cosmo, will generate 1,000 skilled construction jobs, its organizers said. 

The announcement was made at the Cheyenne Frontier Days Event Center, with U.S. Senators. John Barrasso and Cynthia Lummis, both R-Wyo., Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon, Cheyenne Mayor Patrick Collins, and other politicians in attendance.

It is considered the largest ever investment in the tech sector and might explain why several energy companies are building solar farms nearby.

However, not everyone is thrilled about the prospect of more big tech in town.

Several neighbors previously expressed concerns about noise and traffic resulting from the build. 

'Oh, hell no, we don't want it here,' local Rachel Riter said.

'We bought our house 18 years ago and we could look out the back of our house into somebody else's backyard, where cattle grazed. Nobody is happy about it.'

But Bradley Davis, Meta's director of data centers and economic development, said the company has tried to work with the community.