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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
Facebook: 85 Degrees in the ‘Cold’ Aisle
June 23rd, 2011 : Rich Miller
Facebook plans to run its future data centers at warmer temperatures, raising the server inlet temperature as high as 85 degrees. The company said the decision was based on testing at its new Prineville, Oregon facility. Read More
Facebook Readies Its Next Huge Data Center
June 20th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Facebook is moving ahead quickly on construction of its next huge data center. The $450 million project in Rutherford County, North Carolina will be the second company-built data center for Facebook. Read More
Facebook May Get New Neighbors in Prineville
May 27th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Officials in Prineville, Oregon say they are in discussion with two additional companies about building data centers in the town, where Facebook just opened its first company-built data center. Read More
New Software Drives Facebook’s Expansion
May 17th, 2011 : Rich Miller
As Facebook expanded its data center network to Oregon, the data center team ran some large-scale simulations, and used a new software tool to automate the deployment of new server capacity. Read More
Data Center Exec Heiliger to Leave Facebook
May 4th, 2011 : Rich Miller
After four years of building out the web's fastest-growing infrastructure, Facebook VP of Technical Operations Jonathan Heiliger will be leaving the company. Read More
Video: Facebook’s ‘Penthouse’ Cooling System
April 19th, 2011 : Rich Miller
This video provides a detailed tour of the "penthouse" cooling system in Facebook's new data center, which uses the upper floor of the building as a large cooling plenum with multiple chambers for cooling, filtering and directing the fresh air used to cool the data center. Read More
Video: Inside Facebook’s Server Room
April 18th, 2011 : Rich Miller
On Friday Facebook opened the doors of its Prineville facility. This video tour provides a look inside the data halls housing thousands of servers that power Facebook, including a closer look at the custom servers, racks and UPS units. Read More
Facebook Installs Solar Panels at New Data Center
April 16th, 2011 : Rich Miller
Facebook has installed a large array of solar panels at its new data center in Prineville, Oregon, placing it among a handful of data centers that use on-site solar power generation at its facilities. Read More