[BegeMoT]

That's really cool: Facebook puts your photos into the deep freeze as it unveils massive new five acre data center near Arctic circle

By Rob Waugh

Last updated at 3:31 PM on 27th October 2011

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• First plant outside U.S. will make Facebook faster for Europeans
• In northern Sweden 60 miles from Arctic Circle - will 'chill' computers using the weather for eight months per year
• Other web giants such as Google already host 'server farms' near Arctic to keep them cool
• Near huge dam on river that generates twice as much power as Hoover Dam
• Plant will have 14 backup diesel generators

Facebook's new server farm in the northern Swedish city of Lulea is the firm's first outside the U.S. - in a location chosen because the fierce cold will help to keep the company's racks of high-performance computers cool.
Facebook looked at several sites across Europe, and picked Lulea for its cold climate. The move will see Facebook become faster for users across Europe.

'Facebook has more users outside the U.S. than inside,' Facebook director of site operations Tom Furlong said. 'It was time for us to expand in Europe.'


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[RorieSorNearop]

I wonder how far this will be from the doomsday seed vault?

[leijggeds]

it would be a steady job ... it would be good to have a G-S.us'er on the inside of Feces Book.

[BegeMoT]

Did you say feces book...................

[Feloascarlelt]

Huh, I figured the CIA/NSA already had a server farm in Europe.

[DINAKuncher]

Did you say feces book...................

Better than reeses feces

[Grewlybreekly]

I wonder how far this will be from the doomsday seed vault?

Pretty far away... Svalbard is like a 1000 miles or so north of the arctic circle... Luleå actually have quite a reasonable climate, you can swim in the baltic sea in the summer... I think the climate is similar to southern Canada... But tye winters are really dark, but temperatures would never go below -30F usually not below 0F

[leijggeds]

Did you say feces book...................

Jew book

Feces book

plenty of alliterations.