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Facebook builds the largest data center of its kind in Europe - in the catalog. It will consist of three server rooms on 28,000 square feet each. It's been a lot of hyschpysch, but on Thursday announced Facebook's investment in its first European data center in Lulea. Three giant server rooms to be built with millions of dollars in aid from the government.
We have investigated options around Europe, and after an extensive
process, we concluded that the catalog had the best overall solution,
with a climate suitable for natural cooling, access to clean energy,
good soil, well-educated workforce and a skillful and dedicated business
environment; said Tom Furlong, head of start-ups at Facebook, said in a
statement.
 The data center will be the largest of its kind ever built in Europe. It will consist of three server rooms on 28,000 square feet each. Completed data center becomes ten times larger than it is today the largest in Sweden.
The building process begins immediately. The first server, the hall
will be in operation for one year and the entire plant is expected to be
completed 2014th
The establishment is believed to involve about 300 man-years are created
during the first three years. Lulea Enterprise and Invest Sweden has
worked hard to get Facebook's establishment to Lulea.
This is the largest single investment in the catalog since the steel
mill was founded in the 1940th This is the beginning of an entirely new
industries for our entire region, says Karl Petersen (S), mayor of
Lulea, in the press release.
The cold has been a key factor in Facebook's choice of venue for their
server rooms. The natural chill in the air helps to keep down the
temperature in the halls.
One of the server halls to be built by NCC. The construction will be
implemented in a joint venture with two U.S. construction companies, DPR
Construction and Fortis Construction. The order is worth approximately
SEK 800 million, of which NCC's share is approximately 400 million.
Data center must be certified as Gold level in the environmental classification system LEED.
 The building will require a lot of energy so the customer has set high
standards for environmental classification, where the Gold is the second
highest in Leeds. We will also make use of VDC, Virtual Design and
Construction, or virtual building, throughout the project, says Mats
Eklund, Head of the northern region of the NCC, in a statement.
The hall is scheduled for completion in December 2012 and construction
is expected to employ approximately 300 people. Much of the work
consists of complex installation jobs.
But Facebook does not have to bear the full catalog focus on their own.
The government has granted regional investment aid of up to 103 million
dollars.
In a press release, the Government states that it has determined that
the establishment is of strategic importance and that it will market the
region and Sweden for further investment.
The investment in a data center will bring to the resort of excellence
in a future growth area and, not least because of the proximity of Lulea
Technical University, creating opportunities for many companies and
businesses to eventually emerge in the region, says Minister Annie Loof.
Invest in Sweden believe that there are good opportunities to attract more large data centers in Sweden.
We see a strong interest in Sweden by including Internet and web
companies, companies that offer different types of cloud services, and
companies based IT infrastructure to others, says Tomas Sokolnicki to
Invest Sweden, in a statement.
According to Lulea Business will in future be marketed as The Node Pole
when more players in the computer industry to be processed. The name
should reflect the region's northern location and the fact that the
place now becomes a hub for data traffic across Europe. We want to be a benchmark, a pole, for high-tech and energy-consuming activity, says Karl Petersen.
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