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Facebook Chooses Singapore For $1 Billion Data Center (bbc.co.uk)

Posted by BeauHD on from the home-sweet-home dept.

Facebook is planning to open a new data center in Singapore in 2022. The more than $1 billion facility will be located in the west of the country, according to the BBC. From the report: It has been designed as an 11-floor structure, in an attempt to conserve space in the crowded nation, according to Facebook. One analyst told the BBC it was another sign of the country's popularity with large technology companies. The new, 170,000-sq-m (1.8-million-sq-ft) data centre will support "hundreds" of local jobs. Facebook said it expected the building to be powered by 100% renewable energy and noted that it would feature a liquid cooling system that minimized water and power use.

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  1. WWW still expanding... by The+New+Guy+2.0 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    They're still building new datacenters nearly everywhere there's bandwidth. Will this be 100% used by FB, or will this be the start of an FB cloud hosting to rival AWS?

    1. Re:WWW still expanding... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

      Facebook is consolidating it's servers out of it's existing Singapore datacenter leases. It's not building tonnes more capacity than it already has.

      Singapore is attractive because it has low latency, redundant/competitive, submarine cable connections to every nation in the region.

  2. Gee, NOT in the USA? by p51d007 · · Score: 3, Informative

    Home of Facebook, Zucker said screw that, I can do it MUCH cheaper in Singapore and get a FATTER return on my money.

    1. Re:Gee, NOT in the USA? by PolygamousRanchKid+ · · Score: 2

      Home of Facebook, Zucker said screw that, I can do it MUCH cheaper in Singapore and get a FATTER return on my money.

      . . . until Trump announces a tax on data stored outside the USA on Tuesday . . .

      It's not, "There's an app for that!" any more . . . it's "There's a tariff or tax for that!"

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  3. Re:A CANING GOOD IDEA! by rogoshen1 · · Score: 2

    yeah but i bet that little bastard never did it again.

  4. Re:Odd location by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Singapore definitely isn't subject to frequent typhoons. Its proximity to the equator actually makes typhoons extremely unlikely. The earthquake risk is relatively low because Singapore isn't located on a plate boundary. Studies have shown the tsunami risk is also relatively low. Volcanic ash from nearby volcano eruptions could cause air travel issues for Singapore, but the direct risk is very low.

  5. Re:Odd location by alvinrod · · Score: 3, Informative

    It's not a bad location really. While Singapore is technically in the ring of fire, it's not close to any volcanoes itself. It also doesn't get a lot of typhoons compared to other parts of the region. Outside of those worries it has a lot of upsides. Geographically it's really close to around 50% of the world's population, the infrastructure is good, and it's unlikely that Facebook will run into any political issues as Singapore is pretty business friendly.

  6. Re:A CANING GOOD IDEA! by ShanghaiBill · · Score: 3, Informative

    yeah but i bet that little bastard never did it again.

    He left Singapore right after his caning, so he never faced the possibility of another caning.

    Michael P. Fay

    He was later arrested on drug and alcohol offenses in Florida.

  7. Will fakebook be around? by Bodhammer · · Score: 2

    Will fakebook be around in 2022? Seriously.
    https://bgr.com/2018/09/05/del...

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  8. Re:And death for using guns in a crime even partne by hey! · · Score: 2

    Caning is certainly more humane than prison. It just strikes us as barbaric because we're used to the barbarities of prison.

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