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CloneeFACEBOOK HAS CONFIRMED that construction has now begun on a new data centre in Ireland.
The data centre in Clonee, Co Meath, is expected to create hundreds of temporary construction jobs and dozens of permanent jobs once building work is complete in late 2017 or early 2018.
The investment, which is thought to be worth around €200 million, will bring the US tech giant’s Irish staff numbers to over 1,000.
The 31,000-square-metre facility is to be powered by 100% renewable energy, like its Swedish counterpart in Lulea, the social network said.
It will be the company’s second data centre in Europe and its fifth worldwide.
Energy efficient
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said: “Clonee Data Center will be one of the most advanced and energy efficient data centres in the world.
It will feature the latest server, storage and network designs developed through the Open Compute Project …
One interesting engineering detail is that we’re cooling the facility with outdoor air, but because this is near the Irish Sea we’ll be using an indirect air cooling process to filter the salt from the air.
We’re glad to be investing in Ireland, to become a part of the Clonee community and to continue building the massive infrastructure that connects our global community.
The company was granted permission to build the centre in July after lodging a planning application to Meath County Council.
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Looks like there is going to be storage for an awful lot of photos of babies and food and the best foreign holidays EVER
It’s all these new Be Like Bill things that are going around, they need a separate unit just for them.
Don’t care. As I am still on bebo !
I thought Clonee was pushing the boat out getting an aldi when it already had a lidl but this is really going to put it on the map!
For the size of it and there will only be 10-15 people working there at any one time …. A DATA CENTRE DOES NOT CREATE JOBS…and never will
Hundreds of temporary construction jobs and a dozen full time jobs. Better here than some other country
True but they ambitious with all thise parking spaces
Well,somebody has to make the tea!
Press releases say 150 direct jobs….
Datacentre may not create many jobs (directly) but it does draw (a lot of) power and other resources which need to be supplied by someone who has staffing requirements. It holds many parts that are constantly refreshing and updating (driving innovation and manufacturing). A datacentre is engineered and updated by workers that may not be on that exact site but probably working in FB offices in Dublin or elsewhere. A datacentre provides the platform for a company to engage in research & development, marketing, sales, service, and support to name a few. So in the bigger picture… datacentres create a lot of jobs.
That image above has at least 120 carpark spaces. Must be for future growth eh
They taken on 100 people to sort and store all the Likes
TheBrain is correct. A modern cloud data centre requires little more than disk monkeys and security guards after construction. Nothing but minimum wage roles. All management and engineering will be done remotely from the USA, India, etc. The construction work will be temporary, and who knows how many of those will be employed from Ireland. There’s little in the way of supplying the facility long-term … electricity and that’s pretty much it. Everything else will be shipped in from Asia (server/storage components) and wherever they get the generators/aircon/etc from (assuming they bother with it, because the costs are high and the risks are low).
Don’t try and introduce logic or intelligence on the journal. It is for populist sound bites that have no grounding!
Love the sea air in the seaside town of clonee
Someone should message Facebook and tell them they won’t need the salt filters. Look, saving already!
Great. I live a mile from here and can’t get decent broadband! Maybe they can deliver my updates in person.
So 2 rectangles stuck together then…
Facebook, are people still using that timewaster
It’s a data center. It’s designed for efficiency, not to be an architectural wonder.
I actually win a lot of business through FB. So as long as that keeps happening, I’ll be there.
The finishing touches on the Matrix are near completion.
These things could be more hassle than Shannon in years to come.
Definitely no architectural wonder, haha.
“We’re glad to be investing in Ireland, to become a part of the Clonee community and to continue building the massive infrastructure that connects our global community”
ps
(we also love not having to pay any tax …………….YIPPPPPPEEEEEEE!)
They paid 3.4 million euro tax from 4.7 bn tax in 2015.
But sure let’s get down on our hands and knees and thanks be to jaysus for a few building jobs.
You’ll see all those ghost estates and ghost appartment blocks finished soon enough, in the Clonee area.
Yes they’ve all gone to live in that building in Clonee
A more affordable Dublin suburb
Its because of all the clouds..
Love the sea air in clonee
The cold Irish climate suits them.
They need to keep servers cold.
Did you ever wonder where “The Cloud” is?
That’s no moon… It’s a ….
Is this a Gaelteacht area with special provisions and grants etc? Who is the politician who benefits most?
Sheryl Sandberg must have been seduced by Enda’s smooth talking charm.
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