‘Facebook effect’ turns northern Swedish steel town into tech hot-spot

Facebook's latest investment in Lulea will double the company's footprint and capacity there, as well as its energy consumption.

By Lefteris Karagiannopoulos, Reuters May 9, 2018
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OSLO — Facebook will double the size of its data center in Sweden’s northern city of Lulea, raising its total investments in the region to about 8.7 billion crowns ($987 million), the company said on Monday.

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