Facebook has moved to lock down much of the available data center space in two crucial markets, leasing large chunks of space in Santa Clara, Calif. and Ashburn, Va. The fast-growing social network has leased all the remaining space in two newly...
Facebook announced today that Ken Patchett will manage the company's new data center in Oregon. Patchett previously worked at Google, where he supervised the data center campus in The Dalles.
Facebook has posted photos of construction progress on the "fan page" for its Prineville, Oregon data center project. It's the latest effort to document data center construction on blogs and social media.