Facebook is strengthening its infrastructure to support the next one billion χρήστες. Η εταιρεία ανακοίνωσε την Τρίτη ότι χτίζει ένα τεράστιο αιολικό centre data in Fort Worth, Texas.
The construction is already in progress and the project will consist of three 23.226 square meters of buildings in an area of 111 acres.
When the new Fort Worth Data Center at the end of 2016 is completed, 100% of 200 wind energy megawatt will be fed and cooled using outside air instead of air conditioners.
Ken Patchett, director of the ambitious project Reported in a release that the data center will help improve the growing global social network infrastructure that supports Facebook as well as Internet.org, the social network service that aims to provide free internet in emerging markets.
The Forth Worth data center will then play an important role in Facebook's global ambitions. The social network already has 1.500.000 users. The number is more than half the number of users of the Internet and continues to grow.
Meanwhile, the social network's CEO Mark Zuckerberg said earlier this year that he would like Internet.org to be available σε 100 χώρες μέχρι το τέλος του 2015. Σε χώρες όπως η Ινδία, υπάρχουν βέβαια reactions by critics who argue that the initiative violates the principles of net neutrality, as reported by Mashable.
The Forth Worth data center will be the fifth Facebook data center (and the fourth in the US). The largest social network currently has facilities in Iowa, Oregon, North Carolina and Sweden.
The social network also announced that it plans to create at least 40 jobs in Fort Worth to help boost the local economy.
