An anonymous reader writes: Facebook has announced it is building a new data center in Clonee, Ireland, a small village close to Dublin. The facility, which CEO Mark Zuckerberg claims will be one of the “most advanced and energy efficient data centers in the world, ” will be the social network’s second outside of the U.S., and its sixth globally. The new center will be located just a 30-minute drive from Facebook’s international headquarters in the country’s capital. It is expected to cost €200 million and employ around 2, 000 people during the construction phase. The company hopes to open the facility in early 2018. Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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Facebook Building World’s ‘Most Advanced’ Data Center In Irish Village
