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Written by lookingbeyondbordersOctober 4, 2013

Did You Know Your FB Data Rests In The Arctic?

The heart of Facebook’s experiment lies just south of the Arctic Circle, in the Swedish town of Luleå. In the middle of a forest at the edge of town, the company in June opened its latest mega-sized data center, a giant building that comprises thousands of rectangular metal panels and looks like a wayward spaceship.

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Posted in Internet.Tagged Arctic, Arctic Circle, big data, computer hardware, Data center, environment, Facebook, Login, Luleå, megasized data, Polar Regions, Privacy, social media, Sweden, Twitter.

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