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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. 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.