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Facebook to Build Massive Arctic Data Fortress

October 28, 2011 No Comments

The Swedish city Lulea will be home to Facebook’s next planned data center. Lying very close to the Arctic Circle, the city’s year-round low temperatures will keep the data center’s equipment cool with minimal need for energy-gobbling air conditioners. Facebook says the facility will be almost entirely powered by hydroelectricity.