Data center profile · Papillion and Springfield, Sarpy County, Nebraska (14734 Friend Plaza)

Meta Sarpy Data Center

Meta's Sarpy County, Nebraska campus: first building in service since June 2019; second phase unverified since 2022; about 80 MW (Epoch AI) on OPPD power.

Operating, phase 2 unverified. Phase 1 in Papillion entered service in June 2019. The Springfield expansion (Mar. 2021) and a ninth building (Aug. 2022) were under construction in 2022, completion expected through 2024 (press). Which Springfield buildings run is undocumented; no MW published.
80 MW
power running now, Epoch AI estimate (IT or facility basis not stated)
Epoch's full-build estimate is 105 MW; Meta gives no MW
4M+ sq ft
campus size once the ninth building is done (press, Aug. 2022)
3.6M sq ft in Meta's 2021 plan
$1.5B
Meta's total Nebraska investment after the 2021 expansion
the expansion itself adds $400M and 100 jobs (company)
651 acres
development area in the county road agreement
up from 527.53 acres in the 2021 sewer agreement
OperatorMeta (through Raven Northbrook LLC)
CustomerMeta itself; owner-occupied
Planned IT capacity84 MW at full build-out (our estimate from the company's 105 MW campus power figure)
First building in serviceIn service since June 2019 (about 80 MW of IT capacity live, estimated)
Next stepNebraska DWEE final action on the 2025 air permit change for the emergency engines (comment closed Feb. 10, 2025; no decision on record)
Power

Power and the grid

80 MW energized

Omaha Public Power District grid (Rate 261M)Operating
80 MW
Epoch AI's estimate of current load (IT versus facility basis not stated); OPPD built a renewable-matching rate with Meta in 2017, but no campus service agreement or MW is public
Remaining build to full capacityNot documented
25 MW
Epoch AI's 105 MW full-build estimate less 80 MW running
Energized nowProposed
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 2017
    Renewable rate with OPPD
    OPPD develops Rate 261M with Facebook so large customers can match their energy with renewables. Utility regulator · Oct. 2026
  2. Dec. 2017
    Wind farm contract
    Enel starts building Rattlesnake Creek and sells a 200 MW tranche to Facebook (press). News report · Dec. 2017
  3. June 13, 2019
    First building live
    OPPD reports the campus online and says phase 2 is set for completion in 2023. Utility regulator · Oct. 2026
  4. Not set
    Service terms
    No electric service agreement or contracted MW has been published. Utility regulator · Oct. 2026
Permits

Permits checklist

1 pending · 4 granted

Approvals a campus like this normally needs (including an air permit for backup generators), and what we found.

Risks

What could slow it down

Money

Money on record

$1.5B
Meta's total Nebraska investment (company, 2021)
includes the $400M Springfield expansion Company · March 2021
$400M
Springfield expansion investment (company, Mar. 24, 2021)
100 new operational jobs Company · March 2021
$10.9M
Meta's up-front payment toward regional sewer works
plus half of $11.0M in connection fees paid Dec. 2020 Local government · March 2021
$1B+
invested in phase 1 by mid-2019 (OPPD, press)
1,000 construction jobs, 100 permanent Utility regulator · Oct. 2026
Timeline

What happened, and what is due

SitePaper trailConstructionPowerPermitsMoneyLegalUpcoming
  1. Dec. 20, 2016
    Permits Papillion approves plats and rezoning for the Power Park sites Local government · March 2019
  2. April 4, 2017
    Site Nebraska's governor announces Facebook's Papillion data center, a 970,000 sq ft campus State agency · Oct. 2026
  3. Dec. 2017
    Power Enel starts the Rattlesnake Creek wind farm, with 200 MW sold to Facebook (press) News report · Dec. 2017
  4. June 13, 2019
    Construction First building goes live Utility regulator · Oct. 2026
  5. March 9, 2021
    Money County sewer agency signs the Springfield phase deal; Meta paid $10.9M Local government · March 2021
  6. March 24, 2021
    Construction Meta announces a $400M, 1 million sq ft expansion and renames it Sarpy Data Center Company · Oct. 2026
  7. Aug. 2022
    Construction Ninth building announced; six operating in Papillion, three more building in Springfield (press) News report · Oct. 2026
  8. Oct. 4, 2022
    Permits County approves the road agreement covering 651 acres Local government · Oct. 2022
  9. Jan. 8, 2025
    Permits State proposes changes to the campus' emergency engine air permit State agency · Jan. 2025
The buildings

Specs

9 buildings
including three Springfield structures building in 2022; six operating, all in Papillion (press)
News report · Oct. 2026
26.7 to 37.5M gallons a year
water withdrawn 2020 to 2024, with air-cooled design (press)
News report · Oct. 2026
2,500 gal/min
industrial sewer capacity reserved for the Springfield phase
Local government · March 2021
150+ jobs
full-time employees at the six operating buildings in 2022 (press)
News report · Oct. 2026
Who is involved

Owners, partners and builders

Owner
  • Meta Platforms: owner-operator
  • Raven Northbrook LLC: Meta's Nebraska entity on every permit and agreement
Power
  • Omaha Public Power District: utility
  • Enel Green Power North America: wind supplier
Local government
  • City of Papillion: land use
  • City of Springfield: jurisdiction over the south campus
  • Sarpy County and the Sarpy County and Cities Wastewater Agency: roads and sewer
  • City of Omaha: wastewater treatment
Still unknown

Open questions

Where this comes from

134 records from 19 documents

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

Local government 8News report 6Company 2State agency 2Utility regulator 1Dataset 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 (15)
  • Sewer provider: Sarpy County (Power Park) and Sarpy County and Cities Wastewater Agency (Gemini); treatment via City of Omaha
    “Omaha and the Agency have entered into that certain Interlocal Agreement for Wastewater Services dated October 1, 2020 (the Omaha Agreement) to effectuate the same”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Operator: Meta
    “In 2019, the data center came online, helping power our family of apps, including Facebook and Instagram”
    Company · July 2022 · grade A
  • Regulatory jurisdiction: City of Papillion (land use, zoning and plats for the Power Park and annexed areas); City of Springfield (ETJ for the Gemini/south campus); Sarpy County (county roads; sewer via the County and th
    “Notice is given to the public, according to Chapter 10 of Nebraska Administrative Code Title 129 - Nebraska Air Quality Regulations, that the Department is proposing to issue a construction permit”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility: Omaha Public Power District (OPPD)
    “OPPD's worked with Facebook to develop Rate 261M, which gives large customers flexibility in how they meet their energy goals”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Power plan: grid
    “The Rattlesnake Creek wind farm in northeast Nebraska will power the Papillion Data Center”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Utility service: not stated
    “OPPD's worked with Facebook to develop Rate 261M, which gives large customers flexibility in how they meet their energy goals”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • On-site generation: not stated
    “the removal of 8 Type 1 emergency engines, the rename and relocation of the two Type 2 emergency engines, and the addition of an emergency fire pump”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Facebook selects Papillion, NE for its ninth data center overall (sixth in the US); announced as a 970,000 sq ft campus to be online as early as 2020, powered solely by wind (NE DED release).
    “Governor Pete Ricketts announced that Facebook selected Papillion as the site of its newest data center”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Sarpy County hosts two separate hyperscale campuses: this Meta campus (Raven Northbrook LLC; Sarpy County Power Park plats, 150th St/Capehart Rd and 14436 Fairview Rd, Springfield) and Google's Papillion campus (Fireball
    “APPLICANT / PROPERTY OWNER: Raven Northbrook, LLC, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Source record
    “From 2020 to 2024, Meta's 4 million-square-foot Sarpy County data center withdrew anywhere from 26.7 million gallons to 37.5 million gallons from the local water supply, depending on the year”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Enel starts construction of the 320 MW Rattlesnake Creek Wind Farm (Dixon County, NE; ~$430M) - built with this campus in mind: a 200 MW tranche is committed to Facebook under a bundled long-term PPA. PPA price, term and
    “A 200 MW portion of the power and renewable energy credits from Rattlesnake Creek will be sold to Facebook under a bundled, long-term power purchase agreement”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Reported (press, via company self-reporting) that Meta's Sarpy County campus withdrew 26.7 to 37.5 million gallons annually 2020-2024 - operating trace; no power figure stated
    “Meta's four million square-foot Sarpy County data center withdrew anywhere from 26.7 million gallons to 37.5 million gallons from the local water supply”
    News report · July 2026 · grade C
  • Nebraska LB1010 (signed Apr 14, 2026) requires data center operators to report annual water usage to the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment by Sep 30 each year - a future primary MW/water source for this campus
    “Under LB1010, signed April 14, 2026, data center operators must now report annual water usage to the Department of Water, Energy, and Environment by September 30 each year”
    News report · April 2026 · grade C
  • Utility: Omaha Public Power District (OPPD)
    “We came together with the Omaha Public Power District, Tradewind Energy, and now, Enel Green Power, to ensure renewable energy solutions are accessible”
    News report · Nov. 2017 · grade C
  • Rattlesnake Creek wind farm 320 MW total output, 200 MW to Facebook under bundled long-term PPA - off-site generation signal only, never campus MW
    “Rattlesnake Creek is expected to output around 320MW once it is fully operational, 200MW of which will be used by the social networking giant”
    News report · Nov. 2017 · grade C
Money and contracts (47)
  • Development Agreement Regarding Road Improvements (Capehart Rd / 156th St / Fairview Rd): amendment - Development Area expansion 651 acres
    “Development Area. The term Development Area shall mean approximately 651 acres of land as described on Exhibit A-3 attached hereto”
    Local government · Oct. 2022 · grade A
  • Development Agreement Regarding Road Improvements (Capehart Rd / 156th St / Fairview Rd): cost allocation
    “Developer shall pay: (i) 100% of the Actual Total Cost for the addition of a third lane to any portion of Capehart Road that as of the effective date of this Agreement exists as a two-lane paved road”
    Local government · Oct. 2022 · grade A
  • Development Agreement Regarding Road Improvements (Capehart Rd / 156th St / Fairview Rd): cost allocation - signalization 25 %
    “When signalization is warranted at the intersection of Capehart Road and 156th Street, Developer shall pay for 25% of the cost of any traffic signalization”
    Local government · Oct. 2022 · grade A
  • Development Agreement Regarding Road Improvements (Capehart Rd / 156th St / Fairview Rd): scope limitation (sole obligations)
    “Developer's obligations under this Agreement with respect to the Road Improvements constitute Developer's sole obligations concerning the improvement of Capehart Road, 156th Street, and any other roads”
    Local government · Oct. 2022 · grade A
  • Agreements for Improvements (easement crossings - Gemini subdivision): scope - perpetual easement
    “County hereby grants to Raven perpetual rights and easements to install the Facilities in accordance with the plans and specifications for Project SNB1-2”
    Local government · July 2022 · grade A
  • Agreements for Improvements (easement crossings - Gemini subdivision): condition - testing and repair
    “Raven shall perform CCTV and mandrel tests of the Sarpy Sewer both prior to placement of the fill and after the settlement period”
    Local government · July 2022 · grade A
  • Investment total: nearly $1.5 billion total investment in Nebraska (as of March 24, 2021)
    “This brings our total investment in Nebraska to nearly $1.5 billion and supports more than 300 total data center jobs”
    Company · March 2021 · grade A
  • Agreement for Sewer Connection and Wastewater Service (Project Gemini): scope 527.53 acres
    “Customer is the owner of certain real property consisting of approximately 527.53 acres, more or less, of undeveloped land located in Sarpy County, Nebraska”
    Local government · March 2021 · grade A
  • Agreement for Sewer Connection and Wastewater Service (Project Gemini): customer contribution (capital cost) 10900000 USD
    “Customer has paid to the Agency the sum of Ten Million Nine Hundred Thousand Dollars ($10,900,000) (the Customer Contribution) on or prior to the Effective Date”
    Local government · March 2021 · grade A
  • Agreement for Sewer Connection and Wastewater Service (Project Gemini): true-up / cost overrun
    “Customer agrees to reimburse the Agency for the Capital Cost Overrun within one hundred twenty (120) days after receiving written notice of such Capital Cost Overrun from the Agency”
    Local government · March 2021 · grade A
  • Agreement for Sewer Connection and Wastewater Service (Project Gemini): connection fees 5514297.37 USD (half, paid Dec 15, 2020)
    “Customer has paid connection fees (Connection Fees) in the amount of half of the Connection Fees in the amount of $5,514,297.37 to the County on December 15, 2020”
    Local government · March 2021 · grade A
  • Agreement for Sewer Connection and Wastewater Service (Project Gemini): capacity reservation 2500 gpm peak hour flow (industrial); 150 gpm sanitary
    “reservation for the Industrial Sewer System is 2,500 gallons per minute (peak hour flow) (the Industrial Sewer Capacity Reservation)”
    Local government · March 2021 · grade A
  • Agreement for Sewer Connection and Wastewater Service (Project Gemini): step-in (County)
    “enter into possession of and complete portions of the Work in the event the Agency fails, beyond applicable notice and cure periods, to complete such Work in accordance the applicable Milestone(s) or provisions of the Agreement”
    Local government · March 2021 · grade A
  • Agreement for Sewer Connection and Wastewater Service (Project Gemini): term 10 years, auto-renewing
    “shall be for a term of ten (10) years from the date that the Sewer System is first connected to and put in service, and shall automatically renew and extend for successive ten (10) year terms”
    Local government · March 2021 · grade A
  • Agreement for Sewer Connection and Wastewater Service (Project Gemini): termination (customer) 12 months notice
    “Customer may terminate this Agreement at any time after the Substantial Completion of the Work upon no less than twelve (12) months prior written notice to the Agency”
    Local government · March 2021 · grade A
  • Agreement for Sewer Connection and Wastewater Service (Project Gemini): condition (election to develop) / additional acres 20906.06 USD per acre (connection fee, 5-year lock)
    “The obligations of Customer under this Agreement are conditioned upon Customer's election to develop the Property.”
    Local government · March 2021 · grade A
  • Agreement for Sewer Connection and Wastewater Service (Project Gemini): default / cure 7 days minimum cure
    “specify a period of not less than seven (7) days in which the defaulting party shall have a right to cure the default”
    Local government · March 2021 · grade A
  • Development Agreement Regarding Road Improvements (Capehart Rd / 156th St / Fairview Rd): scope
    “an agreement has been proposed with Raven Northbrook, LLC for the future improvement and the allocation of costs of certain road improvements to portions of Capehart Road, 156th Street, and Fairview Road”
    Local government · Feb. 2020 · grade A
  • Mixed Use Development Agreement + Subdivision Agreement (City of Papillion): scope / approval
    “On December 20, 2016, City Council approved the final plats, changes of zone, mixed use development agreements, and subdivision agreements for Sarpy County Power Park West and Sarpy County Power Park East”
    Local government · March 2019 · grade A
  • Mixed Use Development Agreement + Subdivision Agreement (City of Papillion): FINDING: termination/clawback terms not in the opened record
    “The scope of the amendment to the Mixed Use Development Agreement would simply be to add the subject property and that the established site regulators would remain the same”
    Local government · March 2019 · grade A
  • Development Agreement (road improvements) - Sarpy County Power Park East: scope / delivery deadline
    “County agreed to perform the Capehart Road Improvements on or before August 30, 2019 (the Delivery Date), and Developer agreed to pay for the Actual Total Cost of one lane of the Capehart Road Improvements”
    Local government · Oct. 2018 · grade A
  • Development Agreement (road improvements) - Sarpy County Power Park East: amendment - scope change at no cost to Developer
    “County has agreed, at no cost to Developer, to modify the scope of the Capehart Road Improvements from a rural cross-section to an urban-cross section”
    Local government · Oct. 2018 · grade A
  • Development Agreement (road improvements) - Sarpy County Power Park East: deadline - phased completion
    “County shall achieve substantial completion of Phase 1 of the Capehart Road Improvements on or before July 1, 2019”
    Local government · Oct. 2018 · grade A
  • Development Agreement (road improvements) - Sarpy County Power Park East: cost cap
    “Developer shall not have any obligation to contribute toward the Actual Total Cost of the Capehart Road Improvements beyond the Actual Total Cost to design, grade and pave one (1) lane of a rural crosssection of the Capehart Road Improvements”
    Local government · Oct. 2018 · grade A
  • Development Agreement (road improvements) - Sarpy County Power Park West: scope
    “Project. The term Project shall mean Developer's proposed platting, rezoning and construction of buildings for a data center and related uses within the Development Area”
    Local government · Feb. 2017 · grade A
  • Development Agreement (road improvements) - Sarpy County Power Park West: condition 20 % bid-overrun threshold
    “if the actual low bid for the Road Improvements is twenty percent (20%) or greater than the Estimated Construction Costs, neither Developer nor County shall be required to contribute to, or pay for, the construction costs”
    Local government · Feb. 2017 · grade A
  • Development Agreement (road improvements) - Sarpy County Power Park West: duration
    “this Agreement shall continue in full force and effect until such time as the Road Improvements, and Developer's and County's financial obligations relating thereto, are completed, unless this Agreement is terminated sooner by the written agreement of the Parties”
    Local government · Feb. 2017 · grade A
  • Development Agreement (road improvements) - Sarpy County Power Park West: default/cure 30 days
    “the defaulting Party shall have a period of thirty (30) days to cure the same”
    Local government · Feb. 2017 · grade A
  • Development Agreement (road improvements) - Sarpy County Power Park West: no obligation to construct or operate (termination for convenience)
    “nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to contain a covenant, either expressed or implied, to either commence or complete the construction of a building or the operation of a business”
    Local government · Feb. 2017 · grade A
  • Agreement for Sewer Connection and Wastewater Service (Power Park): capacity reservation 5600000 gal/yr (max 800 gpm)
    “The total Sewer Capacity Reservation for the Project in the Sarpy Sewer is 5,600,000 gallons per year at a maximum flow rate of 800 gallons per minute”
    Local government · Jan. 2017 · grade A
  • Agreement for Sewer Connection and Wastewater Service (Power Park): condition - approval voids absent land purchase
    “approval of this Resolution shall become void on January 1, 2018 if Raven Northbrook, LLC has not submitted written documentation of its purchase of the property”
    Local government · Jan. 2017 · grade A
  • Agreement for Sewer Connection and Wastewater Service (Power Park): annexation / no release
    “no annexation in whole or in part of the Development Area, the Sarpy Sewer or the South Sarpy Sewer System by any municipality shall release County from its obligations under this Agreement absent an assumption”
    Local government · Jan. 2017 · grade A
  • Tenants: Meta Platforms, Inc. (owner-occupied)
    “we are officially joining the Springfield community by expanding our data center by nearly 1 million square feet”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Tenant status: owner-occupied
    “Now that we are part of both the Papillion and Springfield communities, it's time to update our name from Facebook's Papillion Data Center to Sarpy Data Center”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Electric service - OPPD Rate 261M renewable tariff: FINDING: no campus ESA or contracted MW is public
    “The Rattlesnake Creek wind farm in northeast Nebraska will power the Papillion Data Center”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • First building goes live; grand opening held with the Governor. OPPD reports >$1B invested to date for phase 1 (1,000 construction / 100 permanent jobs) and says phase 2 is set for completion in 2023. OPPD's Rate 261M ta
    “Facebook's newest data center is live, online, and serving social media traffic”
    Utility regulator · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Meta announces the Springfield (Gemini) expansion: +nearly 1M sq ft, +$400M capital investment, 500+ new acres south of Capehart Rd (Springfield ETJ); campus to total 3.6M sq ft; total Nebraska investment nearly $1.5B. C
    “This expansion will bring an additional $400 million in capital investment to Sarpy County as well as 100 new operational jobs”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • County code: 31153
    “This expansion will bring an additional $400 million in capital investment to Sarpy County as well as 100 new operational jobs”
    Company · March 2021 · grade B
  • Building area: 3600000 sq ft
    “When construction is complete, the data center will be 3.6 million square feet in total”
    Company · March 2021 · grade B
  • Investment total: 1500000000 USD
    “This brings our total investment in Nebraska to nearly $1.5 billion and supports more than 300 total data center jobs”
    Company · March 2021 · grade B
  • Expansion investment: 400000000 USD
    “This expansion will bring an additional $400 million in capital investment to Sarpy County as well as 100 new operational jobs”
    Company · March 2021 · grade B
  • Electric service - OPPD Rate 261M renewable tariff: scope
    “OPPD's worked with Facebook to develop Rate 261M, which gives large customers flexibility in how they meet their energy goals”
    Utility regulator · June 2019 · grade B
  • Ninth building announced - campus to exceed 4M sq ft across Papillion and Springfield; a highway overpass connects the two halves. Six buildings operational, all in Papillion; three Springfield structures under construct
    “That will increase the facility's sprawl to beyond 4 million square feet of data center space in Papillion and Springfield”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Building area: 4000000 sq ft
    “That will increase the facility's sprawl to beyond 4 million square feet of data center space in Papillion and Springfield”
    News report · Aug. 2022 · grade C
  • Power purchase agreement - Rattlesnake Creek Wind Farm: scope 200 MW (of 320 MW farm)
    “A 200 MW portion of the power and renewable energy credits from Rattlesnake Creek will be sold to Facebook under a bundled, long-term power purchase agreement”
    News report · Dec. 2017 · grade C
  • Power purchase agreement - Rattlesnake Creek Wind Farm: termination/term - FINDING: not disclosed
    “The wind energy will supply 100% of the power needed to operate Facebook's new data centre in Papillion, Nebraska”
    News report · Dec. 2017 · grade C
  • power purchase agreement (off-site wind): bundled long-term PPA share 200 MW of wind generation
    “Rattlesnake Creek is expected to output around 320MW once it is fully operational, 200MW of which will be used by the social networking giant under a bundled, long-term power purchase agreement”
    News report · Nov. 2017 · grade C
Permits and government (15)
  • Stage: operating
    “the Department is proposing to issue a construction permit to Raven Northbrook LLC, (FID 108432), a data center for the removal of 8 Type 1 emergency engines”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • air: construction permit modification proposed - public comment Jan 8 to Feb 10, 2025
    “the Department is proposing to issue a construction permit to Raven Northbrook LLC, (FID 108432), a data center for the removal of 8 Type 1 emergency engines”
    State agency · Jan. 2025 · grade A
  • Sarpy County Board of Commissioners: Resolution 2022-270 - First Amendment to the Development Agreement Regarding Road Improvements
    “Development Area. The term Development Area shall mean approximately 651 acres of land as described on Exhibit A-3 attached hereto”
    Local government · Oct. 2022 · grade A
  • Sarpy County Board of Commissioners: Resolution 2022-184 - Agreements for Improvements (permanent and temporary easement crossings, Gemini subdivision)
    “Raven shall perform CCTV and mandrel tests of the Sarpy Sewer both prior to placement of the fill and after the settlement period”
    Local government · July 2022 · grade A
  • Sarpy County Board of Commissioners: Resolution 2021-084 - Agreement for Sewer Connection and Wastewater Service (Project Gemini) with County step-in
    “enter into possession of and complete portions of the Work in the event the Agency fails, beyond applicable notice and cure periods, to complete such Work”
    Local government · March 2021 · grade A
  • Sarpy County Board of Commissioners: Resolution 2020-054 - Development Agreement Regarding Road Improvements (Capehart Road, 156th Street, Fairview Road)
    “an agreement has been proposed with Raven Northbrook, LLC for the future improvement and the allocation of costs of certain road improvements to portions of Capehart Road, 156th Street, and Fairview Road”
    Local government · Feb. 2020 · grade A
  • land use: final plats, changes of zone, mixed use development agreements and subdivision agreements approved
    “On December 20, 2016, City Council approved the final plats, changes of zone, mixed use development agreements, and subdivision agreements for Sarpy County Power Park West and Sarpy County Power Park East”
    Local government · March 2019 · grade A
  • land use: preliminary plat and comprehensive plan amendment approved by City Council; final plat for the 60.24-acre Power Park West Addition
    “The applicant's intent is to expand the data center campus currently being constructed on Lot 1, Sarpy County Power Park West”
    Local government · March 2019 · grade A
  • Papillion City Council: Final plats, changes of zone, mixed use development agreements and subdivision agreements for Sarpy County Power Park West and Power Park East
    “On December 20, 2016, City Council approved the final plats, changes of zone, mixed use development agreements, and subdivision agreements for Sarpy County Power Park West and Sarpy County Power Park East”
    Local government · March 2019 · grade A
  • Papillion Planning Commission: Preliminary Plat PP-18-0012 - Sarpy County Power Park West Addition
    “The scope of the amendment to the Mixed Use Development Agreement would simply be to add the subject property and that the established site regulators would remain the same”
    Local government · March 2019 · grade A
  • land use: annexation adopted
    “City adopted Ordinance No. 1789, which provided for the annexation of the Development Area and Capehart Road into the City”
    Local government · Oct. 2018 · grade A
  • Sarpy County Board of Commissioners: Resolution 2018-337 - First Amendment to the Power Park East Development Agreement
    “County agreed to perform the Capehart Road Improvements on or before August 30, 2019 (the Delivery Date)”
    Local government · Oct. 2018 · grade A
  • Sarpy County Board of Commissioners: Resolutions 2017-53 (Power Park West) and 2017-54 (Power Park East) - Development Agreements with Raven Northbrook, LLC
    “The County approved Development Agreement is attached hereto, in substantially final form, and I will provide the Board the fully executed copy once it has been received”
    Local government · Feb. 2017 · grade A
  • Sarpy County Board of Commissioners: Resolution 2017-49 - First Amendment to the Agreement for Sewer Connection and Wastewater Service (Power Park West)
    “approval of this Resolution shall become void on January 1, 2018 if Raven Northbrook, LLC has not submitted written documentation of its purchase of the property”
    Local government · Jan. 2017 · grade A
  • air: prior construction permit(s) for the emergency engine fleet referenced
    “A summary of the guidance in this document is without prejudice to the complete terms and conditions imposed in previous construction permit(s)”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
Site and other (17)
  • Owner operator: Raven Northbrook LLC (Meta Platforms, Inc.)
    “RAVEN NORTHBROOK LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with its affiliates and related entities, successors or assigns, Customer)”
    Local government · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Address: 14734 Friend Plaza, Papillion, Sarpy County, NE 68059
    “a data center ... located at 14734 Friend Plaza, Papillion, Sarpy County, Nebraska, 68059”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade A
  • Site acres: 651 acres
    “Development Area. The term Development Area shall mean approximately 651 acres of land as described on Exhibit A-3 attached hereto”
    Local government · Oct. 2022 · grade A
  • Project status: operating (campus online since 2019; Springfield expansion buildings announced through 2022)
    “Today, we are announcing a new building in Springfield to make our Sarpy Data Center a nine-building, 4 million-square-foot campus”
    Company · July 2022 · grade A
  • Campus program: nine-building, 4 million-square-foot campus (planned total, announced July 28, 2022)
    “announcing a new building in Springfield to make our Sarpy Data Center a nine-building, 4 million-square-foot campus”
    Company · July 2022 · grade A
  • Site location: Sarpy Data Center campus spanning Papillion and Springfield, Sarpy County, NE; Springfield expansion across Capehart Road south of the existing campus
    “we've added 500+ acres of land in Springfield to expand our campus across Capehart Road to the south of the existing data center campus”
    Company · March 2021 · grade A
  • Energy support: supported by 100% renewable energy, including Rattlesnake Creek Wind Farm, Dixon County, NE
    “Our data center will continue to be supported by 100% renewable energy. This is made possible through our investments in wind energy, including the Rattlesnake Creek Wind Farm”
    Company · March 2021 · grade A
  • Site acres: 527.53 acres
    “Customer is the owner of certain real property consisting of approximately 527.53 acres, more or less, of undeveloped land located in Sarpy County, Nebraska”
    Local government · March 2021 · grade A
  • Announced: April 4, 2017
    “Today, Governor Pete Ricketts announced that Facebook selected Papillion as the site of its newest data center.”
    State agency · April 2017 · grade A
  • Site acres: 143.93 acres
    “certain real estate consisting of approximately 143.93 acres, more or less, in Sarpy County, Nebraska, generally located on the west side of the intersection of Highway 50 and Capehart Road”
    Local government · Feb. 2017 · grade A
  • Name: Sarpy Data Center (Meta Sarpy)
    “it's time to update our name from Facebook's Papillion Data Center to Sarpy Data Center”
    Company · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • County code: Sarpy County, NE (31153); Dixon County, NE (31051)
    “a data center ... located at 14734 Friend Plaza, Papillion, Sarpy County, Nebraska, 68059”
    State agency · Oct. 2026 · grade B
  • Current target date: June 13, 2019
    “Facebook's newest data center is live, online, and serving social media traffic”
    Utility regulator · June 2019 · grade B
  • Original target date: 2020
    “Company officials expect the 970,000 square foot Papillion campus to be online as early as 2020”
    State agency · April 2017 · grade B
  • First announced: April 4, 2017
    “Governor Pete Ricketts announced that Facebook selected Papillion as the site of its newest data center”
    State agency · April 2017 · grade B
  • Construction stage: Operating, with expansion construction continuing (Springfield structures completing through 2024; ninth building announced Aug 2022)
    “Currently, more than 150 full-time employees work among the six operational buildings that all are in Papillion”
    News report · Oct. 2026 · grade C
  • Buildings operational detail: six operational buildings, all in Papillion (as of July 28, 2022); three Springfield structures planned/under construction including the ninth building
    “Currently, more than 150 full-time employees work among the six operational buildings that all are in Papillion, Sexton said”
    News report · July 2022 · grade C