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Meta: DeKalb IL

Short Code: Dekalb 1
Year Built: 2022
Floors: 2
Lot Size: 505 acres
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Three years after construction began, the social media giant Meta's new data center in DeKalb became officially operational in December 2024. The campus is located on a 505-acre property just south of Route 88. With one million square feet already built, the facility's total planned space is an impressive 2.3 million square feet. Meta's site in DeKalb, Illinois, can ultimately hold up to five data center buildings, enabling further expansion capacity. The campus cost the company over $1 billion to complete since it was first announced in 2020.

  • The first H-shaped building (DeKalb 1 & 2) is a 907,000 square foot (84,300 square meter) data center and Meta's 12th in the US, supported by 100 percent renewable energy via power purchase agreements.

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0.08 miles Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
Three years after construction began, the social media giant Meta's new data center in DeKalb became officially operational in December 2023.
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0.39 miles Karis: DeKalb 6
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0.44 miles Karis: DeKalb 4
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0.48 miles Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
0.52 miles Karis: DeKalb 7
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0.54 miles Karis: DeKalb 3
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0.56 miles Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
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0.73 miles Karis: DeKalb 2
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16.79 miles Project Cardinal Expansion
17.17 miles Savion: Plano Expansion
17.25 miles Project Cardinal
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17.36 miles Savion: Plano, Illinois
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17.54 miles Prologis: Project Steel
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18.21 miles Hyperscale Data Center Request Dataset
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19.12 miles CyrusOne: Yorkville 4
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19.21 miles CyrusOne: Yorkville 6
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19.21 miles CyrusOne: Yorkville 5
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19.23 miles CyrusOne: Yorkville 8
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Founded in 2004, Facebook needs no introduction as the world's largest social network. All the status updates, family photos and videos add up and create a need for a massive amount of storage and compute. Facebook maintains a growing stable of data centers spread across the world.

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