Users of the social network Facebook more than 1.5 million, and hence the volume of data to be stored are quite large. Mark Zuckerberg, who founded the company, shared with the General public photos taken in key data center Facebook.
Data center in luleå, which is located in the North-East of Sweden, works on the principles of energy conservation and use of natural resources. Basically the area is characterized by low temperatures. This feature is used in cooling servers, instead of air conditioning there are coolers that cool the servers with air intake from the outside. The server-generated heat to heat the building in winter.
In General data center in luleå, consumes 40% less energy than other similar companies, despite the fact that the system is 10% efficient.
Interestingly, the scheme in which created this data center (and the like), was drawn by engineer Jay Park on a paper towel.
Service 25 thousand server data center can handle one technician, aided by the simplicity of the design.
The company has one hundred and fifty people, the room is so large and desolate that the engineers move on their scooters.
The equipment is simplified, to reduce the chance of overheating and to speed up Troubleshooting.
Mark Zuckerberg also promised to continue the spread of photos of different data centers Facebook by posting them on his page in the social network.
