Facebook to Locate International HQ in Dublin, Ireland
Mary Coughlin, Ireland’s Minister of Trade, announced this morning that Facebook will be establishing its “international headquarters” in Dublin, the Irish Times reports.
The Dublin headquarters will house Facebook’s international technical, sales, and operations units serving users across Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. US Internet giants Google, Yahoo, and eBay have also chosen to locate offices in Dublin due to Ireland’s friendly stance toward companies looking to expand internationally.
“We looked at a number of different locations and ultimately decided that Dublin was the best pick for a couple of different reasons,” Don Faul, Facebook’s chief of online operations told the Irish Times .
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