Facebook parent Meta expands Illinois data center in DeKalb
DeKalb City Council approval of Project Kringle tax abatements and infrastructure agreements for the Meta DeKalb hyperscale data center (April 27, 2022).
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Facebook parent Meta expands Illinois data center in DeKalb
DeKalb City Council · April 27, 2022
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- Clip 1 · 0:15 DeKalb Economic Development and Applicant Presentation Developer Representative In support auto captions, uncheckedTax Abatements Water Power & Grid Zoning
Developer representatives and economic development officials pitch capital investment, jobs, tax agreements, and utility infrastructure before DeKalb City Council.
"investment of more than a billion dollars in dekalbon illinois when the work is complete it will support over 200 operational jobs there's a a lot of other sustainable initiatives that are embedded into the design of our data center so for example our our cooling systems are some of the most efficient in the data center industry"
- Clip 2 · 0:40 DeKalb City Council Member Elected Official In support auto captions, uncheckedTax Abatements Water Power & Grid Zoning
DeKalb City Council members review zoning, tax abatement terms, water allocation, and grid capacity during the approval proceedings.
"year meta also announced it would provide a fifty thousand dollar grant to support stem materials and opportunities for elementary and secondary students in the dekalb school district"
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