Facebook Plans 4th Expansion of Iowa Data Center

Facebook announced the fourth major expansion of its hyper-scale data center campus in Altoona, Iowa.

Specifically, Facebook will add cold storage capabilities to the complex.  The expansion will add more than 100,000 square feet to building 3.

Cold storage of Facebook photos and other archival media is currently done at Facebook data centers in Prineville, Oregon and Forest City, North Carolina.

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