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 Eric Keller · Updated Jun 14, 2026
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
- Ultimate parentMeta Platforms, Inc.
- Files asFacebook USA, Inc.
- This facilityMeta Papillion
The grid behind this site, right now
source: SPP · gridstatus- Natural Gas45.0%
- Coal31.0%
- Wind10.6%
- Hydro4.9%
- Solar4.5%
- Nuclear3.4%
Real-time generation mix for the SPP grid this site draws from, as of Jul 15, 2026, 9:30 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: GDELTTax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
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.
Water use
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 ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Air quality near this site
source: AirNowAir 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 2023Demographics 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 / NCESThe 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.