A bit about the Facebook data center
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And we write a lot about non-standard approaches to the design and construction of data centers. Today, our attention was drawn to The Atlantic reporting on one of the Facebook data centers. / Photo Ksayer1 / CC The publication follows the success of the project of Mark Zuckerberg almost from the very moment of its launch. Journalists recall how one of the first Facebook offices looked like. Now open-spaces are already of little interest to anyone, but the company's huge data centers attract the attention of specialists from all over the world. Just look and see the scale with your own eyes:
The company owns a number of data centers located throughout the country and even develops its hardware aimed at improving the efficiency of data centers. Unforeseen situations sometimes happen , such as when an abnormal level of condensate formed in the data center.
Although Facebook provides a high level of security for all data centers - there are pass readers and fingerprint scanners - employees are accustomed to treat the data center as a giant analogue of the Lego constructor - the foundation, but only for applications.
From the point of view of energy supply, the data center operates on wind energy, which comes from the company's own windmills farm. To cool the data center, ventilation is used at the floor level and special rooms where air discharges heat.
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And we write a lot about non-standard approaches to the design and construction of data centers. Today, our attention was drawn to The Atlantic reporting on one of the Facebook data centers. / Photo Ksayer1 / CC The publication follows the success of the project of Mark Zuckerberg almost from the very moment of its launch. Journalists recall how one of the first Facebook offices looked like. Now open-spaces are already of little interest to anyone, but the company's huge data centers attract the attention of specialists from all over the world. Just look and see the scale with your own eyes:
The company owns a number of data centers located throughout the country and even develops its hardware aimed at improving the efficiency of data centers. Unforeseen situations sometimes happen , such as when an abnormal level of condensate formed in the data center.
Although Facebook provides a high level of security for all data centers - there are pass readers and fingerprint scanners - employees are accustomed to treat the data center as a giant analogue of the Lego constructor - the foundation, but only for applications.
From the point of view of energy supply, the data center operates on wind energy, which comes from the company's own windmills farm. To cool the data center, ventilation is used at the floor level and special rooms where air discharges heat.
PS And here are some more materials from the blog of the IaaS provider 1cloud: