Facebook Doubles Size Of Planned Data Center

When Facebook started work on its first wholly owned data center almost eight months ago, it was heading towards 400 million users worldwide and plans were set for a 147,000 square foot facility. But the explosive growth of the social networking site – now with a user base of 500 million worldwide – has prompted plans for a huge upgrade before the center is even built.

Facebook announced today that it would more than double the size of the data center in Prineville, Oregon- adding an additional 160,000 square foot with plans to build out the shell to accommodate more servers, “as business needs dictate”.

“We are making excellent progress on the first phase of our Prineville Data Center and we are hoping to finish construction of that phase in the first quarter of 2011,” said Tom Furlong, director of site operations for Facebook.

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