Avesta · Dalarna County · SE3
Google Horndal
Google’s first published Sweden data-center facility, in Horndal, Avesta Municipality. The operator location page, checked 11 September 2026, says construction is underway following the groundbreaking in June 2026, with a target completion date of 2028. The timeline may vary. The cited Google pages do not state a campus megawatt figure.
Fact box
- Actor
- Last checked
- 2026-09-11
- Location accuracy
- municipality · Approximate location
Approximate Horndal locality pin in Avesta Municipality. Building coordinates are not published here.
Phases
- Horndal facility — Under construction
Capacity disclosure
IT power
Not stated in the cited sources
IT power · current · 2026
Unclear / conflictingAs of 2026-09-11 · Google Data Centers
Checked the Horndal location page, the 2 June 2026 blog and the same-day press notice. No campus megawatt is stated. Directory figures are not imported.
Planning and grid
Construction is operator-stated as underway after the June 2026 groundbreaking. The municipal permit file is not reviewed here. Google’s 2 June 2026 press notice quotes Avesta’s municipal board chair; that is a welcome, not a detaljplan extract.
Not published as a numbered connection on the cited Google pages. The location page mentions access to clean and reliable electricity. The 2 June 2026 blog’s 700 MW sentence is about Swedish renewable PPAs since 2013, not Horndal site or IT power.
Updates
2026-06-02
Google says it broke ground on a Horndal data center
Google’s 2 June 2026 blog and press notice say it broke ground in Horndal. The location page later states construction is underway, with a target completion date of 2028. No campus megawatt is stated on those pages.
Knowledge gaps
- No campus megawatt with a defined metric on the cited Google pages.
- Municipal detailed-plan and building-permit files were not reviewed here.
- No published numbered grid-connection agreement for the Horndal plot in the cited sources.
Sources
- Horndal, Sweden – Google Data Center Location — Google Data Centers, 2026-09-01. Checked 2026-09-11.
- Blue, yellow and green: Google invests in its new data center in Sweden — Google, 2026-06-02. Checked 2026-09-11.
- Google Breaks Ground on Data Center in Horndal, Sweden — Google Cloud Press Corner, 2026-06-02. Checked 2026-09-11.