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Facebook Doubles Size of Data Center Before It’s Even Built

GigaOM (Aug 2 2010) Construction , Cloud Computing , Servers
1. Facebook said late Friday that it is adding 160,000 square feet to the 147,000 square-foot data center it’s currently building in Prineville, Ore. Being able to make such on-the-fly changes is part of why Facebook wants a wholly owned data center that it can manage and optimize at its whim. The company cited a need for more servers to accommodate its 500 million users. (Read Full Article)
  
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