Meta data center, DeKalb, IL
DeKalb County, Illinois
Building outline
Recorded as in service.
Status inferred from osm footprint (Sep 9, 2026). No filing states it in as many words.
- Status
- Operating (inferred)
- Owner
- Meta
- Capacity
- 48 MW directory claim
- Location known to
- Building outline
- County
- DeKalb County
- State
- Illinois
- Electric utility
- Commonwealth Edison Co
- Grid operator
- PJM
Location and nearby
Meta data center, DeKalb, IL is on record as operating in DeKalb County, Illinois. A directory lists its capacity at 48 MW; no filing we hold states a figure. 12 other campuses are on record within 25 miles, 3 of them within 5 miles. The nearest is 0.4 mi away, measured between approximate points.
Nearest of each kind: Operating 0.48 mi Permitted 16.4 mi Proposed 0.4 mi
Nearest campuses on record
- 0.4 mi approximate
Proposed · DeKalb County, IL
- 0.48 mi
Operating · DeKalb County, IL
- 3.7 mi approximate
Proposed · DeKalb County, IL
- 16.4 mi
Permitted · Ogle County, IL
- 16.4 mi approximate
Operating · Ogle County, IL
- 16.5 mi
Permitted · Ogle County, IL
What is on record
Owner
Meta Confirmed
The chain
-
meta first-party locations page lists this site
Meta
Meta US data center locations page (first party, city-level) · Sep 9, 2026
Filed by: Meta
- Capacity
- 48 MW as reported by cleanview, not from a filing
- Diesel generators
- No air permit found in the records we collect
- Water
- Not collected. State water withdrawal permits are not in this build.
- Electric utility
- Commonwealth Edison Co
- Also recorded as
- Meta · Meta DeKalb - Building 1 · Meta DeKalb - Building 2 · Meta DeKalb - Building 3 · Meta data center
Buildings and phases
2 distinct buildings, parcels or permits make up this campus.
| Name or address | Status | Permit | Area | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meta data center | Operating | not stated | not stated | Dec 10, 2025 |
| Meta data center | Operating | not stated | not stated | Dec 10, 2025 |
How the status changed
- Operating Dec 10, 2025 inferred
osm footprint
Overpass data_center query, tile conus-c2 bbox 24.0,-95.0,50.0,-85.0
- Operating Dec 10, 2025 inferred
osm footprint
Overpass data_center query, tile conus-c2 bbox 24.0,-95.0,50.0,-85.0
- Operating Sep 8, 2026 inferred
Cleanview status 'Operating'
Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county)
- Operating Sep 8, 2026 inferred
Cleanview status 'Operating'
Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county)
- Operating Sep 8, 2026 inferred
Cleanview status 'Operating'
Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county)
- Operating Sep 9, 2026 inferred
Meta locations page card; city-level
Meta US data center locations page (first party, city-level)
About this data
Evidence
Primary record
A government filing, a federal permit, an assessor parcel or the operator’s own page.
Location known to
Building outline
A mapped building outline.
Independent sources
3
directory, first party, osm footprint. Directories count once between them, because they copy each other.
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Where this comes from
6 source records back this page. Each row is a document we retrieved and kept, so a claim can be checked against the original.
| Document | Role | Row | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Overpass data_center query, tile conus-c2 bbox 24.0,-95.0,50.0,-85.0 US | Primary | osm=way/1312792611 | Dec 10, 2025 stated in the file |
| Overpass data_center query, tile conus-c2 bbox 24.0,-95.0,50.0,-85.0 US | Primary | osm=way/1312792613 | Dec 10, 2025 stated in the file |
| Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county) US | Primary | id=3092 | Sep 8, 2026 retrieved by us |
| Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county) US | Primary | id=3093 | Sep 8, 2026 retrieved by us |
| Cleanview state pages: facility markers (id, name, coordinates, status, MW, county) US | Primary | id=3094 | Sep 8, 2026 retrieved by us |
| Meta US data center locations page (first party, city-level) US | Primary | card=DeKalb | Sep 9, 2026 retrieved by us |
Cleanview (cleanview.co) Meta first-party locations page
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