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Meta/Facebook to expand Odense data center campus in Denmark

By District Energy posted 12-14-2021 06:58

  

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Meta, the company formerly known as Facebook, is to expand its Odense data center campus in Denmark.

The company said it plans to add two more buildings to the campus totaling around 90,000 sqm (969,000 sq ft) taking the total floorspace to nearly 200,000 sqm (2.1 million sq ft). Construction is scheduled to begin in April 2022.

Reports that Facebook were looking to building in Denmark surfaced in 2016, before the company confirmed in 2017. The initial 55,000 sq m (592,015 sq ft) development came online in 2019. The company announced a 30,000 sqm (323,000 sq ft) expansion last year. Once completed, the company said it will have invested more than 13 billion DKK ($1.97 billion) on the project.

The Odense Data Center is supported by 294MW of renewable energy from two wind projects and is connected to the Odense district heating system.

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