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.
Fact box
- Actor
- Meta
- Status
- Operational
- Municipality / county
- Luleå · Norrbotten County
- Bidding zone
- SE1
- Last checked
- 2026-10-20
- Location accuracy
- Municipality level
Phases
- Luleå campus — Operational
Capacity disclosure
Announced capacity (definition unclear)
120 MW
Announced capacity (definition unclear) · historic · 2011 · announced · campus
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 stated in the cited sources
IT power · current · 2026 · announced · campus
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.
Context
- County: Norrbotten County
- Municipality: Luleå
- Electricity area: SE1
- Actors: Meta
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Related news
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
- Welcome to Facebook Luleå Sweden — Meta Careers, 2013-06-12. Checked 2026-09-10.
- Arctic chill brings Facebook data center to Sweden — Associated Press / Phys.org, 2011-10-27. Checked 2026-09-10.
- Meta’s Luleå Data Centre (fact sheet) — Meta, 2026-09. Checked 2026-10-20.