Facebook's data center in the Swedish Arctic helps cool down

Beijing Time December 16 news, according to foreign http://www.aliyun.com/zixun/aggregation/31646.html "> Media reports, Facebook, the US social-networking site, will build one of Europe's largest data centers in the Swedish Arctic, where it is said to help cool the servers.

Currently, Facebook has no data center outside the United States and, in an effort to adapt to overseas expansion, has opted for a greener green data center in Lulea, northern Sweden. The centre, which covers 11 football pitches, is said to have chosen this location, and Facebook can use 17815.html "> Renewable energy, while low temperatures help cool the servers."

ABB, a Swedish engineering company, obtained a contract for some electrical equipment in the data center on December 15, with a contract value of USD 11 million.

With the rise of cloud computing and social networking services, sites such as YouTube and Facebook are building large data centers at home and abroad, and data centers are so energy-intensive that a central mass of servers often consumes a year of electricity equivalent to 25,000 American households. (暻 Jin)

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