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Read In a water reduction effort, Meta increases server room temperatures to 90 degrees F
In a water reduction effort, Meta increases server room temperatures to 90 degrees F

In a water reduction effort, Meta increases server room temperatures to 90 degrees F

November 07, 2022 Meta

Meta (formerly Facebook) has announced that in an effort reduce its water consumption to become water-positive, it has increased its server rooms' temperature by five degrees to 90°F (32.2°C). This was first announced at the 7×24 Exchange Fall Conference, and first implemented at one data center,...

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Read Meta announces further data center expansion plans despite share crash
Meta announces further data center expansion plans despite share crash

Meta announces further data center expansion plans despite share crash

October 31, 2022 Meta

Since Facebook became Meta, the company has tanked, losing $650 billion. In the wake of this huge loss, on Thursday, the giant's shares crashed 24% to $97.94, which is reportedly the lowest in nearly four years. This follows its historic loss in market value back in February, which saw...

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Read Meta continues its expansion in Eagle Mountain, Utah
Meta continues its expansion in Eagle Mountain, Utah

Meta continues its expansion in Eagle Mountain, Utah

October 04, 2022 Meta

Social media giant Meta has announced that it is expanding its footprint in Eagle Mountain, Utah, with the expansion of its data center campus. The company made this announcement of the new additions on Facebook, where it said the campus grow by 2 million square feet. Meta's Eagle Mountain campus...

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Read Work on Meta's data center in Sarpy County halted following racist graffiti being found
 Work on Meta's data center in Sarpy County halted following racist graffiti being found

Work on Meta's data center in Sarpy County halted following racist graffiti being found

September 23, 2022 Meta

Meta’s Sarpy County data center has once again found itself in the headlines following another racist incident on site. The primary contractor Turner Construction had shut down work on the Utah site regarding three other racist incidents, which included racist graffiti on a portable toilet and a...

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Read Meta announces Sarpy data center expansion
Meta announces Sarpy data center expansion

Meta announces Sarpy data center expansion

August 02, 2022 Meta

Meta has announced that it will expand its Sarpy data center in Sarpy County, Nebraska, once again, with the introduction of a new building which will make it a nine-building, four million-square-foot (371,600 sqm) campus that will be fuelled with renewable energy sourced by wind farm projects in...

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Read Denmark: Telenor and Telia sign solar PPA
Denmark: Telenor and Telia sign solar PPA

Denmark: Telenor and Telia sign solar PPA

June 13, 2022 Denmark

Telenor and Telia have teamed up with Better Energy in Denmark to sign a PPA, which will lead to the development of a new solar park. Together the telcos will be able to access 125GWh of green energy per year over the next 10 years. According to reports, the park's energy production will be...

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Read Meta announces expansion of $1B Gallatin data center development
Meta announces expansion of $1B Gallatin data center development

Meta announces expansion of $1B Gallatin data center development

June 10, 2022 Meta

Meta has announced that it will be expanding its Gallatin data center campus, which is located in Tennessee. The plans for the campus, which will see an injection of $1B, were first announced back in 2020, and the campus will be powered in part by solar energy from a 110MW power purchase...

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Read Meta Expanding Its $800m Mesa Campus in Arizona
Meta Expanding Its $800m Mesa Campus in Arizona

Meta Expanding Its $800m Mesa Campus in Arizona

May 05, 2022 Meta

Meta has announced that it is expanding its Mesa data center campus in Arizona. The company announced in a Facebook post that: “In August 2021, we were thrilled to add Mesa, Arizona, to our family of data centers. Just nine months later, we’re excited to announce that we are expanding the Meta...

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Read Meta to expand at DeKalb data center campus and announces new sustainability projects
Meta to expand at DeKalb data center campus and announces new sustainability projects

Meta to expand at DeKalb data center campus and announces new sustainability projects

May 03, 2022 Meta

Meta has announced further expansion with an injection of over $1 billion into three new data centers at its cloud campus in DeKalb, Illinois. The data center will span nearly 2.4 million-square-foot. Speaking about the decision to expand its presence at the cloud campus, Darcy Nothnagle,...

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Read Meta signs another solar PPA with EDPR
Meta signs another solar PPA with EDPR

Meta signs another solar PPA with EDPR

April 21, 2022 Meta

Meta has partnered up with EDP Renewables, it has announced. The energy company will supply solar energy in Texas via a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA). The social media giant, will gain access to 156MW, procured from the 240MW Cattlemen Solar Park in Milam County, which EDP Renewables North...

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Read Meta signs another PPA in Oklahoma
Meta signs another PPA in Oklahoma

Meta signs another PPA in Oklahoma

April 08, 2022 Meta

Meta has recently signed another power purchase agreement (PPA) with TransAlta Corporation. Through this deal, Meta will be provided with 200MW from the upcoming Horizon Hill Wind Power Project, which is to be based in Oklahoma. Construction on the project, which will be located on 25,000 acres,...

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Read Meta To Develop $800m Data Center in Temple, Texas
Meta To Develop $800m Data Center in Temple, Texas

Meta To Develop $800m Data Center in Temple, Texas

April 01, 2022 Meta

Meta is going to develop a data center in Temple, Texas. The social media giant plans to develop the new facility on a 393-acre site located off Industrial Blvd. and NW H K Dodgen Loop. When completed, the new data center will have up to 83,600 square meters (900,000 square feet) of space. Work...

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Read Meta Puts The Zeewolde Data Center Development on Hold Due To Political Opposition
Meta Puts The Zeewolde Data Center Development on Hold Due To Political Opposition

Meta Puts The Zeewolde Data Center Development on Hold Due To Political Opposition

March 31, 2022 Meta

Meta has finally announced that it is pausing its plans for a mega data center in the Netherlands. The company said it would not be going forward with its plans for the facility in Zeewolde until further notice. Facebook gained approval for the facility from the Zeewolde council. However, it...

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Read Work begins on solar farm that will power Meta's Tennessee campus
Work begins on solar farm that will power Meta's Tennessee campus

Work begins on solar farm that will power Meta's Tennessee campus

March 30, 2022 Meta

Construction on the ​​solar farm that will supply Meta's Gallatin data centers with renewable energy is underway; it has been announced. Based in Madison County, Tennessee, the farm will see an investment of upwards of $90 million, which will be funded, owned, operated, and maintained by...

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Read Meta confirms data center Missouri plans
Meta confirms data center Missouri plans

Meta confirms data center Missouri plans

March 28, 2022 Meta

Meta has confirmed that it will indeed be a tenant at the Golden Plains Technology Park and intends to build a data center at the location in Kansas City, Missouri. The giant said that construction on the facility has begun, and that it expects it to be operational in 2024. According to reports,...

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Read Meta Confirms Development of $800m Data Center in Kansas City
Meta Confirms Development of $800m Data Center in Kansas City

Meta Confirms Development of $800m Data Center in Kansas City

March 25, 2022 Meta

Meta has confirmed that it would be developing a data center in Kansas City. The Kansas City Area Development Council announced that the social media giant has chosen Kansas for its next data center development. Meta will be starting work at the site soon and the data center is scheduled to be in...

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Read Another racist incident recorded at Facebook's Utah data center
Another racist incident recorded at Facebook's Utah data center

Another racist incident recorded at Facebook's Utah data center

March 24, 2022 Meta

Further controversy ensues at the construction site of Meta's data center in Eagle Mountain, Utah, with the discovery of a noose. This is not the first time racist activity has been found to be occurring on the site. Back in November, racist graffiti was written across the site's toilets....

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Read Facebook's Meta to build $1 billion facility for the Metaverse
Facebook's Meta to build $1 billion facility for the Metaverse

Facebook's Meta to build $1 billion facility for the Metaverse

March 18, 2022 Meta

As Meta gets underway with its Metaverse plans, it has announced that it will be investing $1 billion in a new data center campus in Castilla La Mancha in the Toledo region of Spain, which will form the basis of the project. The facility will reportedly be built on a 191-hectare parcel of land....

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Read Meta To Develop a €1bn Data Center in Toledo, Spain
Meta To Develop a €1bn Data Center in Toledo, Spain

Meta To Develop a €1bn Data Center in Toledo, Spain

March 14, 2022 Meta

Meta is developing a €1 billion ($1.1bn) data center campus in Spain. The social media giant says the facility will be developed near Talavera de la Reina, in the Toledo region. Emiliano Garcia-Page, the socialist president of Toledo, was happy about the development and said the project would...

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Read Meta/Facebook is Project Velvet's First Tenant
Meta/Facebook is Project Velvet's First Tenant

Meta/Facebook is Project Velvet's First Tenant

March 11, 2022 Meta

According to Biz Journal, Meta will be the first tenant at the new large data center campus in Kansas, Missouri. Plans for a Golden Plains Technology Park, also known as Project Velvet, were first submitted in 2021. The developer has plans for a 510,000 square meters (5.5 million square feet)...

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