If you’re an IT Manager in the Boston Area would you like to move closer to the Arctic Circle? Facebook is going to build a server farm in Sweden on the edge of the Arctic Circle, the first non-U.S location.
The site of the farm was chosen specifically because it’s cold which has become an ongoing trend with other companies such as Google. They began building a server farm in Finland in 2009. Microsoft was also rumored to have looked in to building a similar facility Siberia in 2007 although it hasn’t happened as of yet.
Lulea, a town in Northern Sweden will be home to an enormous server farm which will use as much electricity as a town of 50,000 people. Some of that power will come from sustainable energy generated by the Lulea river, which reportedly creates more energy than the Hoover Dam.
The Local reports that the new facility, comprised of three large server halls will cost $72 million a year to upkeep. Rumors about Facebook locating in Sweden have been circulating since May.
How many jobs will become available in these remote areas as a result of this server farm being built? Would you be willing to make the move? Let us know.
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