Facebook first announced its plans to build a data center in Altoona in 2013. Since then, the company has invested nearly $1.5 billion to develop the campus and has increased its footprint to 2.5 million square feet of building space. The Altoona data center campus runs entirely on renewable power (wind).
The Facebook data center campus in Altoona has four buildings.
| Distance | Site name | SqFt | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.82 miles | Lightedge Des Moines 2 | ||
| 2.83 miles | LightEdge Altoona | 20,000 | 4.50 |
| 7.32 miles | Level3 Des Moines | ||
| 7.86 miles | Consolidated Des Moines | 0.80 | |
| 9.37 miles | InfoBunker | 65,000 | 10.40 |
| 14.48 miles | Microsoft Des Moines Project Alluvion |
Jul 16, 2021 | Facebook
Facebook has announced that its data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah is now up and running. Although officially serving traffic, the site is still under construction, with a view to span to 1.5 million square feet (140,000 sq m). At the peak of construction, the site employed a total of 1,250 ...
May 28, 2021 | Facebook Altoona Iowa
Facebook has announced that it would be expanding its Altoona data center campus. The expansion will see Facebook add two more buildings to its existing eight buildings at the facility. The expansion will also see the total area space to 4.1 million square feet. Facebook initially announced it...
May 27, 2021 | Facebook
A new study into the impacts of Facebook's renewable energy projects was recently released. The report, commissioned by Facebook, and conducted by RTI International, a nonprofit research institute, revealed the social media company's renewable energy efforts have had widespread positive econom...
May 07, 2019 | Facebook Altoona Iowa
Facebook is building a fifth data center on their campus in Altoona Iowa. The company expect to invest $400 million to build a 1 million sqft H-shapped data center. Altoona City Council approved a deal that would make Facebook exempt from paying property taxes on the new building for 20 years....
Mar 06, 2019 | Facebook
Facebook plans to sell excess fiber on its owned long haul routes that interconnect Facebook data centers. As part of the plan, Facebook will allow local and regional network providers to acquire capacity. Fast Facts: Initially, Facebook is focused on the network connecting their data centers...
