Swede Officials Will Be Able To Snoop Facebook Traffic

Posted by David Cohen on November 2nd, 2011 3:12 PM

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Facebook is building its newest data center in Luleå, Sweden, because of that town’s frigid climate, but the social network may run into a much hotter regulatory climate in the form of the country’s wiretapping law.

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Facebook Announces Expansion of Oregon Data Center

Posted by Jennifer Moire on July 28th, 2011 10:10 AM

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Facebook is moving forward with an expansion of its Prineville, Oregon data center earlier than expected thanks to a little help from lawmakers and a much needed power upgrade.
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Facebook Infrastructure Veep Heiliger Leaving

Posted by Jackie Cohen on May 3rd, 2011 6:33 PM

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Jonathan Heiliger, vice president of technical operations at Facebook and the company’s most visible infrastructure executive, announced he is leaving the company at the end of the summer.
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Facebook’s Oregon Data Center Holds Grand Opening

Posted by Jackie Cohen on April 18th, 2011 10:51 AM

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Facebook held a grand opening for the Prinville, Oregon data center on Friday, and Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg made an appearance at the Friday evening event with his puppy, Beast.
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Facebook Boosts Site’s Availability And Page Load Times

Posted by Meredith Singer on April 13th, 2011 4:30 PM

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Facebook has improved in availability and page loading times, according to the latest quarterly report by AlertSite.
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Facebook’s Technology Can Be Yours Too

Posted by Jackie Cohen on April 7th, 2011 3:45 PM

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Today’s announcement of the Open Compute project has spawned a half a dozen new hardware products released by participating hardware companies.
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Will Facebook Announce ‘Green’ Initiative April 7?

Posted by Jackie Cohen on April 1st, 2011 3:58 PM

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Facebook is holding a press event at its headquarters next Thursday, April 7, and the invitation’s design suggests that the announcement could involve energy efficiencies at the company.
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Facebook Storage Supplier Fusion-io Will IPO

Posted by Jackie Cohen on March 9th, 2011 1:21 PM

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Fusion-io filed for an initial public offering today. This storage company powers much of Facebook’s data center in Prineville, Oregon, and will soon do the same for the facility under construction in Rutherford County, North Carolina.
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Prineville, Oregon Wants Facebook To Expand Data Center

Posted by Jackie Cohen on January 24th, 2011 2:00 PM

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Facebook may expand a data center project in Prineville, Oregon that already covers a space the size of five football fields.
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Greenpeace Plays Dirty In Attack On Facebook Over Coal

Posted by Caitlin Fitzsimmons on September 17th, 2010 10:20 AM

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Greenpeace has stepped up its campaign against Facebook for “choosing” coal to power its first wholly owned data center. The environmental organization has released an animated YouTube video branding Facebook as the “So Coal Network” and lambasting founder and chief executive Mark Zuckerberg.
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