Meta DeKalb Data Center

Operating

Profile scope: Campus
Address: 2050 Metaverse Way, DeKalb, IL
Operator: Meta

Meta's DeKalb data center in DeKalb County, Illinois, has been serving traffic since the November 2023 announcement. The campus is a five-building site of more than 2.3 million square feet, with two buildings serving traffic at the time of that report. Meta takes power from ComEd through a ComEd substation built to serve the campus, and the regional Kishwaukee Area Reliability Expansion transmission project is described as supporting future phases. No campus-level electrical capacity figure is published for the site.

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Meta DeKalb Data Center

Operating

Profile scope: Campus
Address: 2050 Metaverse Way, DeKalb, IL
Operator: Meta

Meta's DeKalb data center in DeKalb County, Illinois, has been serving traffic since the November 2023 announcement. The campus is a five-building site of more than 2.3 million square feet, with two buildings serving traffic at the time of that report. Meta takes power from ComEd through a ComEd substation built to serve the campus, and the regional Kishwaukee Area Reliability Expansion transmission project is described as supporting future phases. No campus-level electrical capacity figure is published for the site.

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Overview

Campus power: Not disclosed; No exact-site MW figure in cited sources.
Status: Operating; Operating campus
IT floor area: Not disclosed; Campus

Project scope: Five buildings totaling more than 2.3 million square feet; two buildings were serving traffic at the time of the report
Power and grid: No exact-site power capacity has been disclosed. Reported utility context: Commonwealth Edison Co.
Cooling and environment: Asset-specific cooling design and water demand are not disclosed.

Power and grid

Utility: Commonwealth Edison Co
ISO / RTO: PJM
Substation: ComEd substation developed to serve the campus, reported complete and energized

Facility and development

Construction: Five buildings totaling more than 2.3 million square feet; two buildings were serving traffic at the time of the report
Permits and dockets: City of DeKalb Ordinance 2021-004: final plat of resubdivision, amended final development plan and development standards for the Facebook Planned Development site to accommodate a ComEd substation

Grid record: Commonwealth Edison Co · PJM · ComEd substation developed to serve the campus, reported complete and energized
Regulatory record: City of DeKalb Ordinance 2021-004: final plat of resubdivision, amended final development plan and development standards for the Facebook Planned Development site to accommodate a ComEd substation