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Meta Papillion

Papillion, Sarpy County, NE

Meta Papillion is a mapped data center in Sarpy County, NE, operated by Facebook USA, Inc. and ultimately owned by Meta Platforms, Inc.. DataCentersExposed has documented 480 MW of reported power capacity at this site.

Reporting by · Updated Jun 14, 2026

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Real parent
Meta Platforms, Inc.
Operator
Facebook USA, Inc.
Power
480 MW
Utility
Omaha Public Power District
Grid
SWPP
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Dot size = disclosed capacity (MW). Smallest = undisclosed, not small.

Overview

Meta Papillion is a hyperscale data center in Papillion, Sarpy County, Nebraska, operated by Facebook USA, Inc. and ultimately owned by Meta Platforms, Inc. Operational since 2020, the site reports a power capacity of 480 MW, drawing electricity from Omaha Public Power District within the SWPP balancing authority.

Operator chain

The grid behind this site, right now

source: SPP · gridstatus
Clean right now
50%
Fossil right now
49%
Grid operator
SPP
  • Wind40.1%
  • Coal24.7%
  • Natural Gas24.7%
  • Nuclear6.2%
  • Hydro4.2%

Real-time generation mix for the SPP grid this site draws from, as of Jun 16, 2026, 9:25 AM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.

In the news

source: GDELT

Tax breaks & subsidies

source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77

These tax breaks are recorded to Meta Platforms, Inc. (the operator/parent) and may cover this or other sites — no state names the recipient at the facility level.

Dollar value not disclosed for this record.
  • Texas Qualifying Large Data Center Project Exemption$0
    State of Texas · granted 2022 · term — yr · source
Statewide cost of this incentive

Nebraska reported $5.7M in Data Centers sales/use tax exemption (Neb. Rev. Stat. § 77-2704.62) for FY2025 (Nebraska Department of Revenue). Program-wide, not attributable to this site.

source · All Nebraska subsidies →

Water use

Modeled estimate~8.5M gpd
Direct (onsite cooling)
~4.4M gpd
Indirect (its electricity)
~4.1M gpd

No measured record exists, so this is a low-confidence model from 480 MW (disclosed IT power): 1.8 L/kWh cooling (temperate climate) + 0.45 gal/kWh embedded in US grid average. How we estimate. Have a utility document? Send it and we'll replace this with the real figure.

EPA permits & violations

source: EPA ECHO

No reported violations as of last sync.

Air quality near this site

source: AirNow
41
O3
Good
41
PM2.5
Good
28
PM10
Good

Air Quality Index from the nearest AirNow reporting area (Omaha), as of 2026-06-10. Regional context — not this facility's own emissions.

Who lives nearby

source: Census ACS 2023
Median household income
$73.5K
People of color
11%
Below poverty
10%
Tract population
4,028

Demographics of the census tract this facility sits in (American Community Survey 5-year estimates). Environmental-justice context for who bears the local impacts.

Nearest school

source: HIFLD / NCES

The nearest public school, Papillion Middle School in Papillion, is 0.2 mi from this site (659 students). 5 public schools sit within a mile of the site.

Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).

Hearings timeline

No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.