Facebook Data center

Facebook Data center

The Data center opened in 2013, and was our first outside the US. Wherever possible, we used the beautiful wood and art of the area to showcase local craftsmanship.
 
I love this shot because it looks like a sci-fi movie. These enormous fans draw in the outside air to cool the tens of thousands of servers in the data hall. In the winter, when temperatures plunge to -30 degrees the situation is reversed, and the heat from the servers warm the massive buildings.



The main data hall is so big that engineers move around on scooters.


 The equipment is reduced to its basics so it runs cooler. It can also be easily accessed and repaired quickly. A few years ago, it took an hour to repair a server hard drive. At Luleå, that’s down to two minutes.


 “Look at these racks, the network devices, the cabling. Everything is like reference model!”


It is important for people to know that nothing leaves the site and their data is safe. The old drives are destroyed."
 


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