How Does Facebook’s Data Center in Forest City, N.C., Impact the Local Economy?

Facebook teamed up with Boston Consulting Group to release a study in June on how its data center in Luleå, Sweden, is impacting the local economy, and the social network undertook a similar venture with RTI International to measure the economic effects of its data center in Forest City, N.C.

ForestCityDataCenter650Facebook teamed up with Boston Consulting Group to release a study in June on how its data center in Luleå, Sweden, is impacting the local economy, and the social network undertook a similar venture with RTI International to measure the economic effects of its data center in Forest City, N.C.

According to the study by RTI and Facebook, which examined the facility’s impact from 2011 through 2013:

  • 4,700 jobs were added in the state of North Carolina.
  • The Forest City data center generated $526 million in capital spending statewide, leading to $680 million in economic output.
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