Thursday, April 25, 2013

Facebook 'building $1.5-billion data center' in US to conquer Internet...

Facebook has been revealed to be the company behind a $1.5-billion installation under construction in Iowa, already dubbed the “most technologically advanced data center in the world,” according to US media.

For over a year, the mysterious project in Altoona, Iowa, a town of just over 15,000 people, was a topic of heated speculation – what company is spending $1.5 billion on a data center occupying 130,000 square meters, with servers and databanks?

Now, legislative sources have revealed to Iowa newspaper the Des Moines Register that they are “finalizing some elements” for Siculus Inc. and its 'Project Catapult,' believed to be a Facebook initiative.

The three-building installation is expected to be completed in two stages, each worth $500 million, with the final price tag for the facility reaching as high as $1.5 billion, analysts said.

 Facebook already has three similar facilities: In Prineville, Oregon($210 million); in Forest City, North Carolina ($450 million) and in Luleå, Sweden (worth $760 million). The Altoona installation would be the largest, worth more than all three others combined. All of Facebook's data centers are also brand new, having been built in 2010 at the earliest. Full story...

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