The data centre will be the largest of its kind in Europe, with an area of 84,000 square meters which is equivalent to more than 11 soccer fields. The construction will take place in three phases and when completed it will consist of three server rooms. The first should be operational in one year and the whole plant should be completed by 2014. Much of the traffic from Facebook’s global 800 million users will be handled at the new data centre in Swedish Lapland.
– Facebook puts Swedish Lapland on the world map through its establishment in Luleå. The tourism industry will use this possibility to attract more visitors to the destination, and the server halls will constitute an interesting product in our Technical Visits portfolio. The cold climate is as important for the server halls as it is exotic for our foreign guests, says Jan-Erik Jaensson, Managing Director Swedish Lapland Tourism.
