• Facebook Brings Open Compute into its Colo Space

    December 6th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    Facebook developed its Open Compute servers for its custom-built data centers. But the social network will soon be deploying those servers in some of its leased data center space as well. Read More

  • Facebook: No Plans for Taiwan Data Center

    November 9th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    In the wake of market rumors and press coverage that made the rounds yesterday, Facebook says it has no plans to build a data center in Taiwan. Read More

  • Facebook Cuts Back on Generators in Sweden

    October 31st, 2011 : Rich Miller

    Facebook is reducing the number of backup generators by 70 percent at its new data center in Sweden, saying the extraordinary reliability of the regional power grid serving the town of Lulea allows it to rely upon redundant power feeds. Read More

  • Video: Facebook’s North Carolina Data Center

    October 28th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    We've often written about the scale of Facebook's data center operations. Here's a glimpse of what a Facebook data center campus looks like from the air - in this case, the facility in Rutherford County, North Carolina. Read More

  • Facebook Goes Global With Data Center in Sweden

    October 27th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    Facebook will build a huge new data center in northern Sweden to support the rapid global growth of its users, the company said today. The new data center in Lulea, Sweden will be Facebook's first facility outside the United States. Read More

  • Facebook to Build Second Data Center in NC

    October 4th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    Facebook has begun construction on a second huge data center in Forest City, North Carolina, even as it prepares to bring its first facility online. Read More

  • Facebook Building 2nd Data Center in Oregon

    July 26th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    Facebook will build a second huge data center on its campus in Prineville, Oregon, the company confirmed Tuesday. Facebook will begin construction in October on a facility similar to its existing 300,000 square foot data center. Read More

  • The ‘Facebook Effect’ and the Data Center Market

    July 12th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    Facebook says that it will gradually shift its server capacity from leased data centers to company-owned facilities, migrating out of third-party facilities as its leases expire. That means Facebook will be vacating a significant chunk of wholesale data center space between 2015 and 2018. Here's a look at the company's leasing strategy and how it may impact the data center market. Read More

  • Skype Adding More Servers, Bandwidth

    July 11th, 2011 : Rich Miller

    Skype is investing in additional servers and bandwidth to prepare for an impending influx of new users from Facebook, which last week announced that it will offer users Skype-powered video calling through the Facebook.com site. Read More

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