Cold Storage: Facebook Adds Data Center In Sweden

The weather in Luleå, Sweden, is lovely this time of year, and has been lovely since 1961, for a server farm, that is. Human beings might not agree.

The weather in Luleå, Sweden, is lovely this time of year, and has been lovely since 1961, for a server farm, that is. Human beings might not agree.

The Telegraph reported that Facebook’s first server farm to be located outside of the United States will be constructed in Luleå, where the social network will build three server halls, occupying an area the size of 11 football fields.

Aurorum Science Park Chief Executive Officer Mats Engman told The Telegraph:

The climate will allow them to just use only air for cooling the servers.

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