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Facebook May Make Tiny Town a Data Center Mecca

Posted by timothy on from the sounds-like-a-tv-show-setup dept.

miller60 writes "Just weeks after the opening of a Facebook data center in Prineville, Oregon, local officials say two more companies may build server farms in the small town. Facebook has touted Prineville as an ideal environment for using fresh air to cool servers. The news positions Prineville (pop. 10,000, unemployment rate 17 percent) to emerge as a data center hub similar to Quincy, Washington, a small farm town that now hosts five huge server farms."

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  1. Tiny Town? by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 2, Funny

    You mean this Tiny Town?

  2. Let's see here... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    A small town that hosts server farms for Facebook.

    They should rename it "Farmville."

  3. So... by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 3, Funny

    Do all packets have to be routed through it five times a day?