Facebook Breaks Ground on Custom Data Center in Prineville, Ore.
Facebook announced that it broke ground on its first custom data center, located in Prineville, Ore., in a post on the Facebook Blog by vice president of technical operations Jonathan Heiliger.
Heiliger described green initiatives in the construction of the new facility, including the use of an evaporative cooling system, bringing in cooler air from the outside to cool the facility, the reusing of heat generated by servers and the use of a proprietary uninterruptible-power-supply technology.
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