An inside look at Facebook's Prineville, Ore. data center

Facebook recently shared some successes found in the economic impact report of its Prineville, Ore. data center — namely that it has contributed $64.7 million in output and 266 jobs throughout Oregon in 2013 alone.

Earlier this year, Facebook commissioned an independent firm, ECONorthwest, to measure the data center’s economic impact on both a regional and statewide level. Over the past 5 years, construction of Facebook’s Prineville data center has generated 651 jobs in Central Oregon (3,592 total in Oregon) and $573 million capital spending statewide.

Other findings:

• Facebook’s 2013 operations in Oregon and the economic activity they generated are associated with nearly $500,000 in property taxes and more than $750,000 in personal state income taxes in Oregon.