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Video: Facebook’s Next-Generation Servers
December 3rd, 2012 : Rich Miller
Last week Data Center Knowledge got a tour of Facebook's North Carolina campus, which now houses two huge data centers. This video takes you into the data halls of both buildings in Rutherford County to demonstrate how the company's Open Rack, server and storage designs have evolved. Read More
Inside Facebook’s NC Data Center Campus
December 3rd, 2012 : Rich Miller
Facebook has invested $450 million to build two enormous data centers in Rutherford County, North Carolina.to power its growing Internet infrastructure. We've got photos that provide a closer look at the campus. Read More
Facebook Servers Get Hotter, But Run Fine in the South
November 14th, 2012 : Rich Miller
Facebook has been able to cool its servers through the North Carolina summer using only fresh air, and no mechanical refrigeration, the company said today. The key to the cooling breakthrough was allowing servers to run at 85 degrees F. Read More
Open Compute Wants to Make Biodegradable Servers
November 8th, 2012 : Rich Miller
Are you ready for servers that you can put in the compost heap? The Open Compute Project has challenged students at Purdue university to develop a biodegradable server chassis, making data center technology more sustainable. Read More
A Hyper-Scale Cloud Data Center, Seen From the Clouds
November 6th, 2012 : Rich Miller
What does a cloud data center look like, when viewed from the clouds? The massive expanse of the new Facebook data center in Lulea, Sweden is on display is this aerial video. Read More
Facebook Gets Royal Reception in Lulea
October 26th, 2012 : Rich Miller
New from Facebook: The royal data center tour. On Oct. 16, King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden toured the new Facebook data center in Lulea, which is currently under construction with a planned launch next year. Read More
Facebook Adapts Open Compute for Colo Space
October 25th, 2012 : Rich Miller
Will the Open Compute Project's uber-efficient open source hardware designs would ever be available at your local colocation center? It's taken 18 months, but Facebook has now shared details of its first use of Open Compute hardware in its third-party colo space. Read More
Estimate: Facebook Running 180,000 Servers
August 15th, 2012 : Rich Miller
Like most large data center operators, Facebook doesn't disclose how many servers it has running in its data centers. But James Hamilton has used the company's recent disclosures about its energy usage to do some interesting math to try and put together an estimate. Read More
Facebook’s Energy Use Focused in Colo Space
August 8th, 2012 : Rich Miller
Facebook has been building some of the world's most efficient data centers. But its leased space accounts for 85 percent of its data center energy use, and will continue to have a big impact on its carbon footprint for several more years. Read More