Facebook is the second most visited site in the
world and the largest social network on the planet
with a total user base of over 2 Billion people .

Keeping all that data requires a large amount of data centers to keep user data secure.

It's located in a subarctic environment that allows the data center to have minimal cooling expenses. It is powered by affordable electricity that’s 100% renewable (12 hydro-electric plants at nearby rivers).

Employees sometimes have to go to the building in temperatures as low as -30°C (-22°F)..

The building's exterior looks futuristic.

The giant fans draw frigid air from outside into the data center to cool the thousands of servers. Heat from the servers also help to keep the employees warm.

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About 150 employees work in the data center, but the giant halls are usually empty. Only 1 technician is needed for over 25,000 servers at one location, and they have to move around in the spaces using scooters due to the distances they need to cover.

Repairing a server requires just 2 minutes. Once a
server gets old , they’re physically destroyed so
that user data remains private.

Zuckerberg has the largest social network in the world yet he's not satisfied. He just wants to acquire any social network that is trying to make name for themselves. He now has Instagram and whatsapp and now he's fighting to either takeover snapchat or kill it completely. This shows that man is never satisfied. I still wonder how twitter managed to survive the mighty Facebook. Twitter is sweeter than Facebook

Supa story...so if only FACE BOOK has all this only for savin data,how google own go kon be ? never knew OUR FB DATA were stored in fridge.

www.naijatechguy.com/2017/07/a-look-inside-facebook-data-center.html?m=1
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Seun, we demand to know where Nairaland Data centre is. Is it in Sango ota?

squash47:
Supa story...so if only FACE BOOK has all this only for savin data,how google own go kon be ? never knew OUR FB DATA were stored in fridge.

Smartypants, GOOGLE "GOOGLE's DATA Center".
It is spread all over USA. Don't be acting smart when you are just plain ignorant and you can just google.

lofty900:
Zuckerberg has the largest social network in the world yet he's not satisfied. He just wants to acquire any social network that is trying to make name for themselves. He now has Instagram and whatsapp and now he's fighting to either takeover snapchat or kill it completely. This shows that man is never satisfied. I still wonder how twitter managed to survive the mighty Facebook. Twitter is sweeter than Facebook

don't blame him he has to keep making money for his shareholders and remember Twitter hasn't made profit since it went public

lazinny:
don't blame him he has to keep making money for his shareholders and remember Twitter hasn't made profit since it went public

seriously?? What is twitter doing with all the promo revenues they're generating daily if they're not making profit?

lazinny:
don't blame him he has to keep making money for his shareholders and remember Twitter hasn't made profit since it went public

Twitter hasn't made profit?

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Will soon open my Facebook

Ok

nice...

damn thats smart

MARK MARK...WEHDONE SIR

OK

Wait! Are they saying that there's a possibility of my data being compromised from there end?

Bravo!

sharp, Nairaland sef show your data center

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