With more than 1.32 billion users and counting, Facebook is arguably at the forefront of flourish social media in the world. Facebook has initiates advance facilities to store all the Facebook user's data. They has launched several data centres for that. Data centre is refers to facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunication and storage system. It generally includes redundant or backup power supply, redundant data communications connections, various security devices and environmental controls such as air conditioning and fire suppression. Large data centres are industrial scale operations using as much electricity as a small town. Below are lists of Facebook Data Centres;
- Facebook has leased space in a state-of-the-art data center in Ashburn, Virginia to power the huge growth of its social networking service. The leased was signed on 15 October 2007.
- In January 23rd October 2010, Facebook has launched its first data center by invested $180-215 million dollar building project at Forest City, North Carolina, United States.
- Facebook leases space in about six different data centers in Silicon Valley, located in Santa Clara and San Jose, and at least one in San Francisco.
- The social network has since announced plans for data centre at Lulea Sweden in October, 2011.
- Facebook opened its first energy efficient data centre in Prineville, Oregon, USA in April 2011.
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