Avesta · Dalarna County · SE3

Google Horndal

Google’s first data center in Sweden, under construction in Horndal in Avesta municipality, on 109 hectares that Google bought from the municipality in 2017. Ground work started in November 2025, Google announced the build on 2 June 2026 and it aims to finish in 2028. SVT reports that Google has been granted an environmental permit, a site-works permit and a building permit, and that the site will have 100 permanent jobs. Google has not published a power figure.

Under constructionGrid: Not published as a numbered connection on the cited Google pages. The location page mentions access to clean and reliable electricity. The 2 June 2026 blog’s 700 MW sentence is about Swedish renewable PPAs since 2013, not Horndal site or IT power.

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Phases

Horndal facility — Under construction

Capacity disclosure

IT power
Not stated in the cited sources
IT power · current · 2026 · announced · campus
Unclear / conflictingAs of 2026-09-11 · Google Data Centers
Checked the Horndal location page, the 2 June 2026 blog and the same-day press notice. No campus megawatt is stated. Directory figures are not imported.

Planning and grid

According to SVT on 2 June 2026, Google has applied for and been granted an environmental permit, a site-works permit (marklov) and a building permit. The permit decisions themselves, with dates and scope, are not read here. Avesta municipality writes that the enquiry came through Business Sweden before Christmas 2014 and that Horndal became the main site during the winter of 2014–2015, partly because of its strong connection to electricity infrastructure.

Not published as a numbered connection on the cited Google pages. The location page mentions access to clean and reliable electricity. The 2 June 2026 blog’s 700 MW sentence is about Swedish renewable PPAs since 2013, not Horndal site or IT power.

Upcoming decisions and dates

2028 · Company target
Target completion for Google’s data center in Horndal
Google broke ground in June 2026. Its location page gives 2028 as the target completion date and notes that the timeline can change.
Source: Google Data Centers

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Updates

2026-06-02
Google says it broke ground on a Horndal data center
Google’s 2 June 2026 blog and press notice say it broke ground in Horndal. The location page later states construction is underway, with a target completion date of 2028. No campus megawatt is stated on those pages.

Context

County: Dalarna County
Municipality: Avesta
Electricity area: SE3
Actors: Google

More projects in Dalarna County

EcoDataCenter Smedjebacken (Röbacken) — In development
EcoDataCenter Falun — Partially operational
EcoDataCenter Borlänge — Under construction

Knowledge gaps

Google has not published a power figure for Horndal.
The permit decisions are not read here, so their dates and scope are not confirmed.
No grid-connection agreement for the site is published in the cited sources.

Sources

Horndal, Sweden – Google Data Center Location — Google Data Centers, 2026-09-01. Checked 2026-09-11.
Blue, yellow and green: Google invests in its new data center in Sweden — Google, 2026-06-02. Checked 2026-09-11.
Google Breaks Ground on Data Center in Horndal, Sweden — Google Cloud Press Corner, 2026-06-02. Checked 2026-09-11.
SVT Nyheter Dalarna: The announcement: Google builds data centre in Horndal — SVT Nyheter Dalarna, 2026-06-02. Checked 2026-11-11.
Avesta municipality: Google: when Horndal entered the picture — Avesta kommun, 2026-09-30. Checked 2026-11-11.

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