Facebook will invest over $1 billion to build its first Asian data centre in Singapore.
The 11-storey data center that will span 170,000 square metres is expected to open in 2022.
American online social media and Social Networking service company Facebook said the company will invest over $1 billion to build its first Asian data centre in Singapore.
The 11-storey data centre that will span 170,000 square metres is expected to open in 2022. The project would support hundreds of jobs, according to the social networking company.
Thomas Furlong, Facebook’s Vice President of Infrastructure data centers, said at a media session in Singapore that “This will be our first data center in Asia.”
Facebook has already owns several data centers in the nations including United States, Ireland and Sweden. The company is currently building a facility in Denmark.
A data center is a facility used to house computer systems and associated components, such as telecommunications and storage systems.
It commonly includes redundant or backup components and infrastructure for power supply, data Communications connections, environmental controls (e.g. air conditioning, fire suppression) and various Security devices.
A large data center is an industrial-scale operation using as much electricity as a small town.
