When you intend of Facebook you do n’t exactly think ‘ environmentally friendly ’ . All those information pith cut through electrical energy , power your virtual social lives . Facebook ’s first push out of the US might be a tad kinder to the environment , using Arctic cooling .
Facebook ’s first non - US data point heart will be built on the edge of the Arctic set in Northern Sweden . The server farm build in the town ofLuleå , will not only have access to cheap and green major power engender by dekameter on the river Luleå — but it ’ll also be able to relinquish airconditioning for cooling and instead just use fresh Arctic melodic phrase .
The European data centre will cost Facebook just under £ 100 million ( one billion Swedish Kroner ) , and should help you sleep peacefully at night , knowing that your social connections are n’t kill mother Earth too much . [ FTviaGizmodo UK ]
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