I had profiled Facebook’s Prineville, OR data center in a case study in a 2012 book. It was very innovative for its time – see an excerpt here
A decade later, Meta is planning a massive new facility in Europe as Ars Technica describes
“Amsterdam is home to a major Internet exchange, which distributes traffic from data centers nearby, and it has attracted tech giants looking for better connectivity and fiber to set up giant, "hyperscale" data centers to process their own data nearby.
Microsoft built the first hyperscale in the Netherlands in 2015. Since then, two more have been built, and that number is expected to grow, according to trade group the Dutch Data Center Association. But Meta's plan for the Zeewolde site, known as Tractor Field 4, is by far the biggest yet. It would span 166 hectares, the equivalent of more than 1,300 Olympic swimming pools, and would devour 1,380 gigawatt-hours of energy a year, at least double what the municipality's 22,000 residents consume in the same period.”
The video below is in Dutch but gives you a glimpse at the location, the dimensions and the concerns of the local residents
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