Data Center Atlas
Meta DeKalb Data Center
Partially operational
United States · 1 project · Last reported
Summary
Meta campus at 2050 Metaverse Way on the south side of DeKalb, Illinois, off Interstate 88. Meta broke ground in 2020 on a planned five-building campus of more than 2.3 million sq ft and more than USD 1 billion of investment. It came online in late November 2023, when the Illinois governor attended the opening; local reports said two buildings were serving traffic and about 1 million sq ft had been built. Meta says it planned its energy needs with ComEd and pays the full cost of the energy the campus uses.
Source record as of 2023-12-01 · Details and sources
The City of DeKalb's agenda for its 26 October 2026 council meeting explains the 2026 tax levy with the growth of the city's equalized assessed value and states that 'the growth in Meta's EAV has largely stabilized as the facility has reached full build-out, occupancy, and assessment', adding that the tax base generated by the Meta data center will continue to support local taxing bodies. This dated City record shows the Meta DeKalb Data Center occupied and in use, so the record's partially_operational status of 1 December 2023 is refreshed with this newer observation of the same status, dated 26 October 2026 (the agenda's printed date, captured the same day). The sentence explains a tax-assessment chart and gives no building count, and the City's 24 August 2026 agenda refers to 'future phases of the Meta data center', so it does not establish that all five buildings planned for the campus are built and operating; operational is not claimed. No capacity or building count is inferred. evidence
City of DeKalb, Illinois · published 2026-10-26
Location
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Projects (1)
Meta DeKalb Data Center
Partially operational last observed as of · Authoritative status update
This record reports partially operational as of 2023-12-01. Daily Chronicle (Shaw Local); FOX 32 Chicago
Location: DeKalb, DeKalb County, Illinois, US. Mean of three building outlines tagged as Meta-operated data centers in the local OpenStreetMap layer (ways 1312792611, 1312792612, 1312792613) on DeKalb's south side, consistent with the cited address on Metaverse Way off I-88. The point is a building centroid average, not a surveyed parcel. Meta Platforms; Daily Chronicle (Shaw Local)
Capacity, investment and other figures
| Measure | Value | Scope | As of | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Investment | more than 1,000,000,000 USD | Announced · Campus | 2023-11-29 | Meta Platforms; Office of the Governor of Illinois; Daily Chronicle (Shaw Local) | |
| Floor area | more than 2,300,000 sq_ft | Planned · Campus | 2023-12-01 | Office of the Governor of Illinois; Daily Chronicle (Shaw Local); FOX 32 Chicago | |
| Floor area | about 1,000,000 sq_ft | Operational · Phase · Built by November 2023 | 2023-11-29 | Space reported as built at the November 2023 opening, when two of the five planned buildings were serving traffic. | FOX 32 Chicago |
| Buildings | 5 count | Planned · Campus | 2023-12-01 | Daily Chronicle (Shaw Local) | |
| Buildings | 2 count | Operational · Phase · First two buildings | 2023-12-01 | Daily Chronicle (Shaw Local) | |
| Jobs construction | more than 1,200 count | Reported · Campus | 2023-11-29 | Skilled trade workers during construction; Meta's fact sheet gives 1,200 at peak. | Meta Platforms; Office of the Governor of Illinois |
| Jobs permanent | more than 200 count | Planned · Campus | 2023-11-29 | Once fully operational; about 80 people were employed at the opening. | Meta Platforms; Office of the Governor of Illinois; Daily Chronicle (Shaw Local) |
Companies and organizations
| Name | Role | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta Platforms | Developer | Meta Platforms; Daily Chronicle (Shaw Local) | |
| Meta Platforms | Operator | Office of the Governor of Illinois; Daily Chronicle (Shaw Local) | |
| ComEd | Utility | Meta Platforms; Office of the Governor of Illinois | |
| City of DeKalb | Government | Partnered with Meta and ComEd on serving the campus; Meta says it pays the full cost of city water and wastewater service. | Meta Platforms; Office of the Governor of Illinois |
Timeline
| Date | Event | Actual or planned | Notes | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Construction started | Actual | Meta Platforms; Daily Chronicle (Shaw Local) | |
| 2023-11-29 | First operational | Actual | Opening ceremony; the first two buildings began carrying live traffic that week. | Office of the Governor of Illinois; Daily Chronicle (Shaw Local); FOX 32 Chicago |
Power supply
| Type | Description | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Grid | Served by ComEd, which partnered with Meta and the City of DeKalb to power the campus; Meta says it planned its energy needs with the utility and pays the full cost of the energy used, and the state release says the data center is supported by 100% renewable energy. | Meta Platforms; Office of the Governor of Illinois |
At the November 2023 opening, the state release called the campus fully operational, while local reports said two of five planned buildings were serving traffic and about 1 million of 2.3 million sq ft had been built; the status follows the building-level reporting. No later report on the remaining buildings was found. Meta's fact sheet (s1) shows no publication date; its embedded file creation date is 2026-09-02.
Sources for these details
- Meta DeKalb Data Center fact sheet — Meta Platforms; publication date not stated
- Gov. Pritzker Celebrates Opening of Meta's DeKalb Data Center — Office of the Governor of Illinois; 2023-11-29
- Meta takes DeKalb Data Center online — Daily Chronicle (Shaw Local); 2023-12-01 · Archived source
- Meta's new Illinois data center now operational — FOX 32 Chicago; 2023-11-29
- Companies
- Developer: Meta Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Developer: Meta Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Operator: Meta Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Operator: Meta Platforms (unknown scope) evidence
- Utility: ComEd (unknown scope) evidence
- Utility: ComEd (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: City of DeKalb (unknown scope) evidence
- Government: City of DeKalb (unknown scope) evidence
Source and location review
- Status source
- City of DeKalb, Illinois: City Council Regular Meeting Agenda, 26 October 2026 (2026 property tax levy item) evidence row
City of DeKalb, Illinois · published 2026-10-26 · Government record - Locator
- Approximate site reference · Compiled location reference · approximate_site evidence
- Source checks
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No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verificationStatus age at review: 1 days before the data update on 2026-10-27
Location details
- Coordinates
- 41.88940, -88.72650
- Geometry licence
- source-terms-not-recorded
- Use scope
- Approximate site reference
- Scope class
- approximate_site
- Authority
- Compiled location reference
- Source entity
- Project
- Method
- imported_reference_point
- Derivation
- imported_reference_point
- Precision scope
- Mean of three building outlines tagged as Meta-operated data centers in the local OpenStreetMap layer (ways 1312792611, 1312792612, 1312792613) on DeKalb's south side, consistent with the cited address on Metaverse Way off I-88. The point is a building centroid average, not a surveyed parcel.
- Horizontal uncertainty
Not reported
The source record provides no measured horizontal uncertainty; original coordinate precision and note are preserved.
- Geometry evidence
- 0ad1d56c
A locator places the site on the map. It is not a building footprint, a construction extent or a surveyed boundary unless the use scope is an official boundary, and even then it is a parcel or permit boundary.
Evidence
Sources are linked, not redistributed; each keeps its own terms. An archived copy is a lookup for the Wayback Machine capture nearest the retrieval date and may be unavailable or differ from what was reviewed. Each hash states what it covers; imported factual records are not publisher-page captures.
| Title | Publisher | Roles | Published | Retrieved | Licence | Attribution | Content hash (SHA-256) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of DeKalb, Illinois: City Council Regular Meeting Agenda, 26 October 2026 (2026 property tax levy item) Archived copy | City of DeKalb, Illinois Government record | Physical status | public-record-source-terms | City of DeKalb | 5126b4fc0b7a1e49872b39cd20c0d0a602c8e72f6214df9a18b3ba0f4660c336Retained source material; see source provenance | ||
| Gov. Pritzker Celebrates Opening of Meta's DeKalb Data Center Archived copy | Office of the Governor of Illinois Government record | Imported: Record, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Milestone: First Operational, Power Source: Grid, Role: Government, Operator claim, Role: Utility | source-terms-not-recorded | Office of the Governor of Illinois | 181d3bb740d157566b046fafa5a94e646c1269199625fd85781a8bba8eaf6819Factual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Meta DeKalb Data Center fact sheet Archived copy | Meta Platforms Company disclosure | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Construction, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Milestone: Construction Started, Power Source: Grid, Role: Developer, Role: Government, Role: Utility | not stated | source-terms-not-recorded | Meta Platforms | 6a3beb91f080ac2dfc9a8a256caa30a17fcd5ef3e5fe795603dbb5e06e24d498Factual source record; not the publisher page | |
| Meta takes DeKalb Data Center online Archived copy | Daily Chronicle (Shaw Local) News | Imported: Geometry, Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Buildings, Metric: Floor Area, Metric: Investment, Metric: Jobs Permanent, Milestone: Construction Started, Milestone: First Operational, Role: Developer, Operator claim | source-terms-not-recorded | Daily Chronicle (Shaw Local) | 312f9bcab362692ed4d88f8b3ee396d209ac84a1401051a36ba84f50171b511aFactual source record; not the publisher page | ||
| Meta's new Illinois data center now operational Archived copy | FOX 32 Chicago News | Imported: Record, Imported: Status, Metric: Floor Area, Milestone: First Operational | source-terms-not-recorded | FOX 32 Chicago | 0b40dcffdde8b0f372bb4126b12d7de28ca3c39d4fab9d73c98f839baad603feFactual source record; not the publisher page |
Cite this site
Kyars, K. (2026). Meta DeKalb Data Center [site vcc-site-560ea7139f27238b7ea1]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-560ea7139f27238b7ea1/
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