Meta Sarpy Campus (Springfield expansion)

Timeline from the record

Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.

1. July 2022

   Under construction
   Meta announces 9-building, 4 million sq ft expansion; acquires 500+ acres in Springfield south of Papillion campus; Springfield completion targeted end 2024 per 2022 announcement Source: Data Center Dynamics
2. 2019

   Operating
   Initial campus buildings become operational in Papillion/Sarpy County

Opposition and litigation at this site

Partly. Both documented support and documented opposition to Meta Sarpy Campus (Springfield expansion) in Springfield, Sarpy County, Nebraska appear in the record, with no clear majority position. Genuinely mixed, named reception in Sarpy County over the broader Meta campus (Springfield expansion is part of the same campus).

How the community has taken it

Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: mixed reception means documented support and documented opposition both exist with no clear majority position on record.

Genuinely mixed, named reception in Sarpy County over the broader Meta campus (Springfield expansion is part of the same campus). Supportive: Greater Omaha Chamber's Mark Norman and Sarpy County Commissioner Don Kelly frame the growth as natural/inevitable. Critical: farmland owner Deborah Bowman said she did not want to sell to Facebook ('That was absolutely the last thing I wanted done'); nearby homeowner Jane Amerine says county officials favor development over residents and cites Sarpy County's >10% farmland loss over the past decade vs. 0.2% in neighboring Washington County. No formal hearing/vote record found for the Springfield building specifically -- checked a regional-journalism piece on the broader farmland-to-data-center trend.

Source

Power and water

Meta matches 100% of electricity use with renewable energy across all data centers

Existing campus buildings withdraw approximately 26.7 million gallons per year (0.073 MGD) for cooling; campus features water-efficient technologies. Water figure is for current operational buildings, not the full planned campus.

Notes on the record

Campus spans Papillion and Springfield, Sarpy County. Existing multi-building campus operational since 2019; ongoing expansion toward a 9-building, 4-million-sq-ft footprint. Meta has invested more than $1.5B at this site since 2017 (confirmed by DCD and multiple sources; a $2.5B total figure appeared in the record but was not supported by any cited source). Planned MW capacity of 2,000 was removed, no source confirms a MW figure for this campus. Springfield buildings were targeted for completion by end 2024; operational status of those buildings as of mid-2026 should be verified against a current source. Coordinates approximate for the Springfield expansion area; original Papillion buildings are slightly northeast.

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

• Google Papillion Data Center · Papillion · Google6 mi · Operating · Supported
• H5 Data Centers Omaha (La Vista) · La Vista · H5 Data Centers9 mi · Operating · 17.3 MW
• LightEdge Omaha Data Center · Papillion · LightEdge9 mi · Operating
• TierPoint Omaha - Bellevue Data Center · Bellevue · TierPoint14 mi · Operating · 5.5 MW
• CyrusOne OCB1 Council Bluffs Data Center · Council Bluffs · CyrusOne18 mi · Operating
• 1623 Farnam · Omaha · 1623 Farnam18 mi · Operating · 8 MW
• First National Technology Solutions Omaha Data Center · Omaha · First National Technology Solutions18 mi · Operating
• Google Omaha Data Center · Omaha · Google19 mi · Operating

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