Social media giant Facebook, based in Menlo Park, Calif., is set to open a new massive data center in Fort Worth.
On the morning of July 7, representatives from Facebook joined local and state officials, including Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Fort Worth Mayor Betsy Price, to break ground on the new data center located at Texas 170 and Park Vista Blvd. in AllianceTexas.
Facebook is growing its infrastructure to accommodate its massive and expanding audience, which boasts more than 1.5 billion users. The project will feature three 250,000-square-foot buildings on the 110-acre site and, once completed, will be one of the largest buildings in North Texas.
The data center will house computer servers and equipment and create at least 40 jobs in the Fort Worth area. This will be Facebook's fifth major data center; others are located in Forest City, N.C., Princeton, Ore., Altoona, Iowa, and Lulela, Sweden.
-Nicole Crites
