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Luleå · Norrbotten County · SE1

Meta Luleå

Meta’s Luleå campus, described by the company as its first data center outside the United States and as operational from 2013. Outdoor-air cooling and local hydropower are operator-reported. Current megawatts are not stated on the cited Meta page.

OperationalGrid: Not separately documented in the cited sources. Operator describes hydropower supply; that is not a published connection agreement.

Fact box

Actor
Meta
Last checked
2026-09-10
Location accuracy
municipality · Approximate location

Approximate municipal location. Building coordinates are not published here.

Phases

  • Luleå campusOperational

Capacity disclosure

  • Announced capacity (definition unclear)

    120 MW

    ReportedAs of 2011-10-27 · Associated Press / Phys.org

    2011 Associated Press report of an announced energy need. Metric type (IT versus facility) is not defined. Not used as current operating capacity.

    The site will need 120 MW of energy

  • IT power

    Not publicly disclosed

    Unclear / conflictingAs of 2026-09-10 · Meta Careers

Planning and grid

Not reviewed as a permit file in this launch set. Existence of the campus is documented by the operator.

Not separately documented in the cited sources. Operator describes hydropower supply; that is not a published connection agreement.

Updates

No material changes in the launch set.

Knowledge gaps

  • No current operator MW figure with a defined metric.
  • Number of buildings in operation is not restated on the cited Meta page.
  • Grid-agreement documents are not in the public sources used here.

Sources

  1. Welcome to Facebook Luleå Sweden Meta Careers, 2013-06-12. Checked 2026-09-10.
  2. Arctic chill brings Facebook data center to Sweden Associated Press / Phys.org, 2011-10-27. Checked 2026-09-10.

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