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Meta Odense Data Center

Odense / Tietgenbyen, Denmark · 83Operating
Evidence
Headline capacity
Not established in published records
Updated
Oct 28, 2026
Utility
Fjernvarme Fyn

One Meta campus with successive building phases, operational heat recovery and two halted 2022 expansion buildings. Meta Odense Data Center is in Odense / Tietgenbyen, 83, DK and is a data center campus with operational status.

Capacity

Heat recovery initial design

Source report

100,000 MWh/year

Energy quantity; not power capacity

Source

Heat recovery meta fact sheet

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165,000 MWh/year

Energy quantity; not power capacity

Source

Operating IT capacity: Not established in published records

A missing figure does not mean zero. Planned, utility and generation figures are not operating IT capacity.

Development

Initial campus phaseOperational

1 building

Original 55,000-square-metre development.

2020 expansionOperational

1 building

Approximately 30,000 square metres and expanded heat recovery.

Single continued 2022 buildingNot stated

1 building

Industry source said one of three buildings would continue; current Meta fact sheet does not identify it separately.

Two halted 2022 expansion buildingsNot stated

2 buildings

Canceled civil-works package; not operating capacity.

Milestones (7)
Odense campus announced

Jan 19, 2017 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Source not linked
Initial campus begins operations

Sep 2019 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Commercial operation

Source not linked
District-heat delivery operating

Jul 9, 2020 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Commercial operation

Source not linked
30,000-square-metre expansion announced

Oct 13, 2020 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Source not linked
Two additional 90,000-square-metre buildings announced

Dec 10, 2021 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Announced

Source not linked
DKK2.4 billion civil-works contract terminated

Dec 13, 2022 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Status changed

Source not linked
Meta confirms two buildings halted and one continued

Dec 15, 2022 · Recorded actual event

Completed · Status changed

Source not linked

Participants

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Developer

Sources by role
Developer (1)
Developer (1)
Other participants (4)
Fjernvarme Fyn

Utility provider

Sources by role
Utility provider (1)
Utility provider (1)
Odense Kommune

Government authority

Sources by role
Government authority (1)
Per Aarsleff A/S

Contractor

Sources by role
Contractor (1)
Ramboll

Contractor

Sources by role
Contractor (1)

Capital & incentives

Capital claims

Campus investment

Source report

10,000 DKK millions

Source

Site & development

Initial floor area

Source report

55,000 square metres

Source

2020 expansion area

Source report

30,000 square metres

Source

Halted building count

Source report

2 buildings

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Additional project facts

Operations start

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2019-09

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Operational jobs

Source report

175 jobs

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Terminated contract value

Source report

2,400 DKK millions

Source

District heat output

Source report

45 MW thermal

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Homes served engineering case

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12,000 homes

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Infrastructure & permits

Technical details (2)
Heat reuse

Operational

45 MW thermal

Tietgenbyen Energy Center uses ammonia heat pumps and a water loop to raise server heat to district-heating temperature.

Heat reuse

Operational

165,000 MWh/year

Meta fact-sheet basis; Ramboll engineering case reports 215,000 MWh/year and remains a parallel dated measure.

Permit · Status not stated

Odense campus operational/building permit set

Odense Kommune

Sources (3)

Public-source research. Plans may change. See Evidence for sources and qualifications.