Google Horndal Data Center

Name: Google Horndal Data Center
Address: SE

Announced

Sweden · 1 project · Last reported 2026-09-30

Summary

Avesta municipality reported on September 30, 2026 that Google has made an investment decision to build a data centre in Horndal, near the Krångede power infrastructure. Google's undated location page says construction followed a June 2026 groundbreaking and targets completion in 2028. No dated in-window construction observation was found, so the record keeps the announcement status. evidence

Avesta kommun · published 2026-09-30

Location

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Projects (1)

Google Horndal Data Center — first facility

Announced last observed as of 2026-09-30 · Project announcement

Google's location page says construction of its new Horndal data centre followed a June 2026 groundbreaking and targets completion in 2028, subject to external factors. The first facility will be air-cooled and built ready for off-site heat recovery. Google has begun recruiting and works with Avesta municipality on a EUR 5 million community fund. evidence

Google LLC · publication date not stated

The national grid operator's consultation report records response #83 from DSC International, part of the Google group. The company states that it plans to build a data centre on the property Horndalsbyn 12:28, then undergoing permitting, and that it is majority owner of the road crossed by the existing 220 kV line, expected to serve as access during construction and operation. evidence

Svenska kraftnät · publication date not stated

Companies

Owner: Google (intended) evidence

Source and location review

Status source

Avesta kommun: När Horndal kom in i bilden (Google data centre article series, part 2) evidence row
Avesta kommun · published 2026-09-30 · Government record

Locator

Campus locator · Official source · official_named_property_polygon_centroid evidence

Source checks

Not reviewed against imagery not_reviewed
No imagery review is recorded for this project. Its status rests only on the dated authoritative source. · no independent imagery verification

Status age at review: 27 days before the data update on 2026-10-27

Location details

Coordinates: 60.32053, 16.40207
Geometry licence: not-stated-public-municipal-service
Use scope: Campus locator
Scope class: official_named_property_polygon_centroid
Authority: Official source
Source entity: Campus
Method: vdmb_geoserver_wfs_srsName_EPSG4326_exact_property_HORNDALSBYN_12_28_planar_centroid_display_anchor
Derivation: direct_geometry
Precision scope: Planar centroid of the 108.8 ha registered property Horndalsbyn 12:28 named by Google's subsidiary as its data-centre property. A campus marker; not a building, entrance, substation or construction-extent location. Other properties Google may have added to the site are not included.
Horizontal uncertainty: Not reported
The property boundary's stated positional error is 0.05, but the data-centre buildings' positions within the 108.8 ha property are unmapped and its farthest vertex lies about 1.33 km from the centroid.
Geometry evidence: e97ac72d

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.

Evidence for Google Horndal Data Center
Title	Publisher	Roles	Published	Retrieved	Licence	Attribution	Content hash (SHA-256)
Avesta kommun: När Horndal kom in i bilden (Google data centre article series, part 2) Archived copy	Avesta kommun Government record	Project announcement, Owner claim	2026-09-30	2026-10-16	all-rights-reserved	Avesta kommun	`011c3587616afc11ee17eca06b3385ee8659aad5f9a91277442bb514db613bd6` Retained source material; see source provenance
Google Data Centers: Horndal, Sweden Archived copy	Google LLC Company disclosure	Site and project identity	not stated	2026-10-16	all-rights-reserved	Google LLC	`86a80708fcefdfce341d6312511fec9ebe15246606924f852a3732b02dd0046f` Retained source material; see source provenance
Svenska kraftnät consultation report (samrådsredogörelse) — response #83 DSC International (Google group) Archived copy	Svenska kraftnät Government record	Site and project identity	not stated	2026-10-16	all-rights-reserved	Svenska kraftnät	`27585319fd4a20e69323258f4a61977ea7add5ad71c5891040beae39b4eb8c2a` Retained source material; see source provenance
Västmanland-Dalarna municipal map service: property HORNDALSBYN 12:28 (Avesta) Archived copy	Västmanland-Dalarna miljö- och byggförvaltning (Avesta, Fagersta, Norberg municipalities) Government record	Geometry	not stated	2026-10-16	not-stated-public-municipal-service	Västmanland-Dalarna miljö- och byggförvaltning; cadastral index map data	`c4ab6bbe686811a4b19357c2d0ec5b4f429f27bfe690b9bda5073b6ba4e004cf` Retained source material; see source provenance

Cite this site

Kyars, K. (2026). Google Horndal Data Center [site vcc-site-d6bacce52b63861e5d12]. In Data Center Atlas (2026-10-27) [Data set]. https://kiankyars.github.io/datacenter-atlas/sites/vcc-site-d6bacce52b63861e5d12/

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