Data center profile · South of Gurler Road, east of Route 23, ChicagoWest Business Center, DeKalb, DeKalb County, Illinois

Meta DeKalb Data Center

Meta's operating five-building, 2.3M sq ft campus on 505 acres in DeKalb, Ill., open since Nov. 2023 and fully built by Dec. 2024, with capacity estimated at 240 MW

Operating. The campus opened Nov. 29, 2023 and the contractor says all five buildings were finished in Dec. 2024. Meta publishes no MW figure: an industry dataset says 240 MW and a state study says 673 MW.
240 MW
capacity estimate (not Meta's number)
a state study (Oct. 2026) lists 673 MW; Meta publishes neither
5 buildings
all complete as of Dec. 2024
expanded from two buildings in Apr. 2022
$1B
total investment
up from $800M announced in 2022
505 acres
annexed into DeKalb in 2020
2.3 million sq ft built
OperatorMeta Platforms (through its subsidiary Ventus Tech Services)
CustomerMeta (owner-occupied)
Planned IT capacity192 MW at full build-out (our estimate from the company's 240 MW campus power figure)
First building in serviceIn service since Nov. 2023 (about 33 MW of IT capacity live)
Next stepNone published; the campus is complete
Power

Power and the grid

Energized, size not disclosed

Sources on record, size not disclosed
Related generation and energy contracts (context, not added to campus supply)

Getting on the grid

Who supplies what, what it costs, and what is still not public.

  1. April 27, 2020
    Substation planned with the deal
    The development agreement covers the on-site substation, which ComEd and Meta co-own. Local government · Oct. 2026
  2. June 21, 2023
    Second wind contract online
    Alta Farms Wind begins operations; with Lincoln Land it totals about 300 MW of contracted wind. Company · Oct. 2026
Permits

Permits checklist

4 granted · 1 checked, nothing on file

Approvals a campus like this normally needs, and what we found.

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$1B
total investment
$800M announced in 2022 Company · Oct. 2026
55%
property tax abatement, 20 years per building
requires at least $800M and 50 jobs Local government · Oct. 2026
$4.6M
road package
Meta and a neighbor pay $3.1M; state $1.4M; city $125,000
$125,000
minimum yearly electric utility tax payment
starts two years after full energization
Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Jan. 13, 2020
    Permits City extends its enterprise zone to the site and creates data center incentives. Local government · Oct. 2026
  2. April 2, 2020
    Money Enterprise zone board approves a 55%, 20-year property tax abatement. Local government · Oct. 2026
  3. April 27, 2020
    Permits City council annexes the site, rezones it and approves the development agreement, all 8-0. Local government · Oct. 2026
  4. Nov. 17, 2021
    Power Lincoln Land Wind, about 175 MW contracted to Meta, begins operating. Company · Oct. 2026
  5. April 27, 2022
    Site Meta expands the campus from two buildings to five. News report · Oct. 2026
  6. June 21, 2023
    Power Alta Farms Wind, 125 MW contracted to Meta, begins operating. Company · Oct. 2026
  7. Nov. 29, 2023
    Site The campus opens. Company · Oct. 2026
  8. Dec. 2024
    Site The contractor completes all five buildings. Company · Oct. 2026
Construction activity

Building activity by quarter

Since Feb. 2025: 4 FAA filings (Feb. 2025): tallest crane 237 ft (Feb. 2025).

FAA filings
’25
Dot size: records in the quarter, largest = 4. Two-digit years mark each first quarter.
The buildings

Specs

2.3M sq ft
gross building area
State agency · Oct. 2026
200 jobs
operating jobs
Company · Oct. 2026
13%
of the city's reserve water capacity reserved for the campus
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owner
  • Meta Platforms: owner and operator
  • Ventus Tech Services and Goldframe: Meta subsidiaries holding the permits, land and water rights
Decision-makers
  • DeKalb City Council
  • DeKalb County Enterprise Zone (DeKalb County Economic Development Corp.)
  • Illinois DCEO
Power and build
  • ComEd: utility and co-owner of the substation
  • Ørsted and Enel: wind suppliers
  • Mortenson: general contractor
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

122 records from 30 documents

Drawn from news reports, local government records, company statements, public and commercial datasets, state agency records and our own analysis, each kept with its date and source. The bar shows documents by type.

News report 12Local government 8Company 6Dataset 5State agency 2Analysis 1
Evidence

Every quote behind this page

Grade key: A = the primary record itself (permit, filing, exhibit) · B = a dated official statement · C = news reporting. Map distances are our own measurements on OpenStreetMap and carry no grade. Allegations in lawsuits are marked as such in the quotes.

Power (13)
  • Utility: Commonwealth Edison Company (ComEd)
    “on-site electrical substation co-owned by the data center company and ComEd”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Power plan: grid
    “existing 138 kV overhead line along the east side serves the initial building”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Owner: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    “supports Meta's DeKalb Data Center through a 125 MW long-term power purchase agreement”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • IT capacity: not stated
    “adding 300 megawatts”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility service: not stated
    “existing 138 kV overhead line along the east side serves the initial building”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Meta's contracted renewable supply for DeKalb is 300 MW of off-site grid wind PPAs (Lincoln Land approx. 175 MW + Alta Farms 125 MW). These are supply volumes matched to operations, NOT campus load, and are excluded from
    “The project supports Meta's DeKalb Data Center through a 125 MW long-term power purchase agreement”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Electricity use annual: 372339 MWh
    “Electricity Consumption by Facility (in MWh): DeKalb (IL) - 4,724 16,934 138,965 372,339”
    Company · Dec. 2024 · grade B
  • Electricity use annual: 138965 MWh
    “Electricity Consumption by Facility (in MWh): DeKalb (IL) - 4,724 16,934 138,965 372,339”
    Company · Dec. 2023 · grade B
  • Serving utility: ComEd
    “ComEd is proud to partner with Meta and the city of DeKalb in powering this state-of-the-art campus”
    Local government · Nov. 2023 · grade B
  • Electricity use annual: 16934 MWh
    “Electricity Consumption by Facility (in MWh): DeKalb (IL) - 4,724 16,934 138,965 372,339”
    Company · Dec. 2022 · grade B
  • Electricity use annual: 4724 MWh
    “Electricity Consumption by Facility (in MWh): DeKalb (IL) - 4,724 16,934 138,965 372,339”
    Company · Dec. 2021 · grade B
  • Stated campus size: 240 MW
    “Cleanview 48 MW per building x 5 (same-basis building figures)”
    grade C
  • The ILEPI/PMCR 'Data Centers in Illinois' Neither figure is primary, Meta publishes no campus MW, so 240 M
    “Meta DeKalb Data Center — 673 MW, 1,500,000 sq ft”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Money and contracts (29)
  • County code: DeKalb County, IL (17037)
    “on April 27, 2020, the Owner and the City approved and executed the Annexation Agreement”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Annexation and Development Agreement: agreement
    “Ordinance 2020-023, Annexation and Development Agreement with Ventus Tech Services, LLC”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Enterprise Zone MOU: property tax abatement 55 % abatement for 20 years per building
    “55% property tax abatement, 20 years per building”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Enterprise Zone MOU: condition, minimum investment 800000000 USD
    “conditions of at least $800M investment, at least 900,000 sq ft, at least 50 high-paying jobs”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Enterprise Zone MOU: condition, minimum facility size 900000 sq ft
    “at least 900,000 sq ft”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Enterprise Zone MOU: condition, minimum jobs 50 high-paying jobs
    “at least 50 high-paying jobs”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Investment total: 1000000000 USD
    “more than $1 billion”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Tenants: Meta Platforms, Inc. (owner-occupied)
    “now fully operational”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Tenant status: owner-occupied
    “DeKalb, we are online!”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Annexation and Development Agreement: water service, capacity reservation (Water Agreement, Exhibit G) 13 % of City existing reserve capacity
    “the City reserves water capacity equal to 13% of the City's existing reserve capacity”
    grade B
  • Annexation and Development Agreement: electric utility tax incentive, minimum annual payment 125000 USD per year
    “minimum annual payment of $125,000 beginning two years after the facilities are fully energized”
    grade B
  • Annexation and Development Agreement: roadway improvements, cost share 4610000 USD total
    “Roadway package totaling $4,610,000”
    grade B
  • Power Purchase Agreement: power purchase, grid supply, as-built share 175 MW
    “Meta and McDonald's have both signed long-term fixed-price PPA's to purchase approximately 175 MW and 126 MW, respectively”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Power Purchase Agreement: power purchase, grid supply 125 MW
    “The project supports Meta's DeKalb Data Center through a 125 MW long-term power purchase agreement”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Annexation and Development Agreement: termination / clawback, NOT FOUND (finding)
    “No termination or clawback clause was located in the ordinance packet excerpts reviewed; the EZ MOU conditions are the only stated performance conditions”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Electric service: electric service terms, NOT PUBLIC (finding)
    “on-site electrical substation co-owned by the data center company and ComEd”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Mortenson, the general contractor, states it completed the facility in December 2024, full five-building turnover following the November 29, 2023 opening of the campus.
    “When we completed this cutting-edge facility in December 2024”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • City water system context for the campus's reserved capacity (City Manager's figures): 9 wells, 12.8 MGD combined pumping capacity, finished capacity 9,298,800 gallons per 18-hour period, peak daily demand 4.7 MGD, reser
    “the City reserves water capacity equal to 13% of the City's existing reserve capacity”
    grade B
  • Investment: 1 USD billion
    “The fully operational facility will support over 200 good-paying jobs in the DeKalb community and represents an investment of more than $1 billion in the state of Illinois.”
    Local government · Nov. 2023 · grade B
  • Renewable energy purchases (wind PPAs): renewable energy added to grid 295 MW
    “In Illinois, we have invested in two new wind energy projects in Morgan and DeWitt counties, adding a total of 295 MW of renewable energy to the local grid.”
    Company · April 2022 · grade B
  • Expansion 2022: Campus expanded from two buildings to five; announced April 27, 2022
    “Meta announced in April 2022 it was expanding its data center in DeKalb as part of a $1 billion project that doubles its square footage and adds three buildings”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Investment announced: 800000000 USD
    “The social media giant will invest $800 million into a 907,000-square-foot facility, the 12th to be built in the United States”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Water supply: City of DeKalb municipal water, capacity reserved under the Water Agreement (Exhibit G to the Development Agreement)
    “Exhibit B of the Water Agreement contains a table that reserves a certain capacity of the City's water pumping system”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Water Agreement, First Amendment: amendment, scrivener's error correction (Exhibit B capacity table)
    “Resolution 2020-120 Approving a First Amendment to the Water Agreement Between the City of DeKalb and Goldframe LLC to Correct a Scrivener's Error”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Power Purchase Agreement: power purchase, grid supply (Lincoln Land Wind, Morgan County, IL) 170 MW
    “Apex will supply Facebook with 170 MW from the Lincoln Land Wind project in Morgan County, Illinois”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • IL DCEO Data Center Investment Program: state sales-tax exemption, NOT TAKEN (finding)
    “Facebook has not applied for the state's incentive program, Peterson said”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Governor Pritzker directed DCEO to stop processing new Data Center Investment Program agreements as of July 1, 2026. DeKalb never took the state sales-tax exemption (Meta had not applied as of 2020) and relies on its Ent
    “directing the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) to stop processing agreements under the Data Center Investment Program as of July 1”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Illinois Data Center Investment Program sales tax exemption: sales tax exemption granted
    “Facebook was previously granted the data center sales tax exemptions, which are offered to companies investing at least $250 million”
    News report · May 2022 · grade C
  • Announced: June 30, 2020
    “Facebook plans to build an $800 million data center in DeKalb, Ill., that will rely solely on renewable energy and create about 100 jobs.”
    News report · June 2020 · grade C
Permits and government (20)
  • Enterprise zone amendment: approved
    “extension of the DeKalb County Enterprise Zone boundary to the site”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Pre-development agreement: authorized
    “Resolution 2020-019, Pre-Development Agreement with Ventus Tech Services, LLC”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Enterprise zone certification: certified
    “Illinois DCEO certified the amended Enterprise Zone boundary and benefits”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Annexation: passed 8-0
    “on April 27, 2020, the Owner and the City approved and executed the Annexation Agreement which requires that the Property be annexed into the City”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Development agreement: passed 8-0
    “Ordinance 2020-023, Annexation and Development Agreement with Ventus Tech Services, LLC”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Rezoning: passed 8-0
    “rezoning to PD-I; approximately 970,000 sq ft data center with an option for additional buildings”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Road vacation: passed 8-0
    “Ordinance 2020-027, vacating a portion of Crego Road”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • City of DeKalb City Council: Enterprise Zone boundary extension to the site and new EZ data-center incentives authorized
    “extension of the DeKalb County Enterprise Zone boundary to the site”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • City of DeKalb City Council: Resolution 2020-019, Pre-Development Agreement with Ventus Tech Services, LLC
    “Resolution 2020-019, Pre-Development Agreement with Ventus Tech Services, LLC”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • DeKalb County Enterprise Zone Advisory Board: Enterprise Zone MOU with Ventus Tech Services, LLC approved (DCEDC for the participating taxing bodies)
    “55% property tax abatement, 20 years per building”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • City of DeKalb City Council: Public hearing and first reading of the annexation and development agreement ordinances
    “public hearing and first reading, April 13, 2020”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • City of DeKalb Planning and Zoning Commission: Annexation, rezoning and development agreement items recommended for approval
    “Planning and Zoning Commission recommended approval 6-0”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • City of DeKalb City Council: Ordinances 2020-023 (development agreement), 2020-025 (annexation), 2020-026 (rezoning to PD-I), 2020-027 (Crego Road vacation) passed
    “Ordinance 2020-023, Annexation and Development Agreement with Ventus Tech Services, LLC”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “Construction of Industrial Building Located on 87 acre lot with accompanied pavement and stormwater ponds”
    FAA · Feb. 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “Construction of Industrial Building Located on 87 acre lot with accompanied pavement and stormwater ponds”
    FAA · Feb. 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “Construction of Industrial Building Located on 87 acre lot with accompanied pavement and stormwater ponds”
    FAA · Feb. 2025 · grade A
  • FAA OE/AAA: Determined - No Hazard
    “Construction of Industrial Building Located on 87 acre lot with accompanied pavement and stormwater ponds”
    FAA · Feb. 2025 · grade A
  • Operational opening: Fully operational
    “The DeKalb Data Center is now serving traffic, interfacing, and connecting with a global infrastructure of data and technology hubs connecting people across the world.”
    Local government · Nov. 2023 · grade B
  • Water agreement amendment: approved
    “Resolution 2020-120 Approving a First Amendment to the Water Agreement Between the City of DeKalb and Goldframe LLC”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • City of DeKalb City Council: Resolution 2020-120, First Amendment to the Water Agreement with Goldframe LLC (scrivener's error correction)
    “Resolution 2020-120 Approving a First Amendment to the Water Agreement Between the City of DeKalb and Goldframe LLC to Correct a Scrivener's Error”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
Legal (1)
Site and other (21)
  • County code: 17037
    “DeKalb County, Illinois - FIPS Code 17037 (U.S. Census Bureau QuickFacts geography table); campus in the City of DeKalb per Illinois governor's release”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Code name: Project Ventus
    “Project Ventus – Facebook Data Center”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Developer entity: Ventus Tech Services, LLC
    “Ventus Tech Services LLC (the "Owner") is the owner of property legally described in Exhibit A attached hereto”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Address: South of Gurler Rd, east of IL Route 23, ChicagoWest Business Center, DeKalb, IL 60115
    “south of Gurler Road and east of Illinois Route 23”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • County: DeKalb County, IL
    “The Property is currently located in Afton Township in unincorporated DeKalb County, contiguous to the City's corporate boundaries”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Site acres: 505.329 acres
    “505.329 acres; PINs 11-01-100-001, 11-01-200-002, 11-01-200-001, 11-02-100-001, 11-02-200-001”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Campus name: Meta DeKalb Data Center
    “DeKalb, we are online!”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Buildings count: 5 buildings
    “expanding its DeKalb Data Center from two buildings to five”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Gross sq ft: 2300000 sq ft
    “now fully operational”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Jobs operational: 200 jobs
    “more than 200 operational jobs”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Construction stage: operating
    “now fully operational”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Stage: operating
    “DeKalb, we are online!”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Project status: operational
    “The data center is now fully operational and is supported by 100% renewable energy.”
    Local government · Nov. 2023 · grade B
  • Floor area: 2300000 sq ft
    “Its construction created over 1,200 skilled trade jobs that contributed to the 2.3 million square foot campus.”
    Local government · Nov. 2023 · grade B
  • Operational jobs: 200 jobs
    “The fully operational facility will support over 200 good-paying jobs in the DeKalb community”
    Local government · Nov. 2023 · grade B
  • Meta announced expansion from two buildings to five in April 2022; the campus opened fully operational in November 2023 at 2.3M sq ft - the five-building build-out is complete, not a pending expansion
    “Its construction created over 1,200 skilled trade jobs that contributed to the 2.3 million square foot campus.”
    Local government · Nov. 2023 · grade B
  • Buildings count: 5 buildings
    “Meta is announcing the expansion of the Meta DeKalb Data Center. This will more than double the square footage of the data center from two buildings to five.”
    Company · April 2022 · grade B
  • Address: 2050 E Gurler Rd, DeKalb, IL
    “Meta's DeKalb, Illinois campus at 2050 E Gurler Rd. Construction began in 2020 and the building opened in November 2023”
    Dataset · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Original target date: 2022
    “The land has the flexibility for five buildings, but the project's first phase only calls for the completion of two buildings by 2022”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Press references to a 'second' DeKalb data center concern other operators (e.g. Edged, approved Dec 2025 for 560 acres just south of Meta), not a second Meta campus; no Meta second-campus approval was found in this pass
    “Others, like Edged, are doing the same thing. The division of the Endeavour Energy company will build on 560 acres of land just south of Meta in a project that was approved last December.”
    News report · Aug. 2026 · grade C
  • Site area: 505 acres
    “will build its 16th data center in the world on 505 acres on the city's south side, along Route 23 and Gurler Road”
    News report · June 2020 · grade C