{"id":86017,"date":"2017-01-20T00:35:49","date_gmt":"2017-01-20T05:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=86017"},"modified":"2017-01-29T03:26:57","modified_gmt":"2017-01-29T08:26:57","slug":"facebook-announces-building-of-data-center-in-denmark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/01\/20\/facebook-announces-building-of-data-center-in-denmark\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook announces building of data center in Denmark"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Social media giant Facebook announced on Thursday that it would build a new data center in Odense, Denmark’s (Pictured) third largest city in Funen island. (Photo: Nigel’s Europe & beyond\/ flickr<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

COPENHAGEN \u2013Social media giant Facebook announced on Thursday that it would build a new data center in Odense, Denmark’s third largest city in Funen island.<\/p>\n

Facebook’s director of data Niall McEntegart said at a press conference in Odense that the new centre, which is Facebook’s third outside the United States, would be one of the most advanced and energy-efficient data centers in the world, adding that it would be powered completely by clean and renewable energy.<\/p>\n

McEntegart told local news site Fyens.dk that the building of the new center would cost “hundreds of millions of dollars”.<\/p>\n

“I am very happy that Denmark has managed to attract yet another big foreign direct investment,” Foreign Minister Anders Samuelsen said.<\/p>\n

“Although only 1 percent of all companies in Denmark are foreign, they are responsible for 20 percent of all Danish jobs,” he added.<\/p>\n

According to McEntegart, the 55,000-square-meter Odense facility would help the tech company handle “the richer content” of live videos and 360-degree photos.<\/p>\n

The center would provide 150 jobs when operational, McEntegart said.<\/p>\n

It is not the first time that global business decided to set up data center in Denmark. In 2015, U.S. tech giant Apple announced it would open a data centre in the northern Danish city of Viborg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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