Facebook To Open Its Second European Data Center Facility In Ireland

Posted by: lukwago J in Tech January 25, 2016

The social network giant made an official announcement today that it has begun constructing its second European data center in Clonee, County Meath, Ireland. This will be facebook’s second data centre in Europe after Lulea in Sweden. It is expected to be completed by the end of 2017.

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The newly under construction data center facility in Ireland

It will also be powered by 100 percent renewable energy with chilly Nordic air that will cool it just like the one of Sweden. Billions of people around the world will be able to get connected with things they care about on facebook, messenger, instagram and etc.

Zuckerberg’s message on facebook

I’m proud to share that Facebook’s sixth data center is now under construction in Clonee, Ireland. This will be our second European data center, after Luleå in Sweden. Data centers deliver all of Facebook’s services to you. They’re some of the most complex machines ever created. Clonee Data Center will be one of the most advanced and energy efficient data centers in the world. It will feature the latest server, storage and network designs developed through the Open Compute Project, and will be powered by 100% renewable energy. One interesting engineering detail is that we’re cooling the facility with outdoor air, but because this is near the Irish Sea we’ll be using an indirect air cooling process to filter the salt from the air. We’re glad to be investing in Ireland, to become a part of the Clonee community, and to continue building the massive infrastructure that connects our global community.

Source: newsroom.fb

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