Facebook has chosen the Swedish town of Luleaa for its first European data center, and third globally, in large part because of its “suitable climate for environmental cooling (and) clean power resources.”
The company is expected to pump between three and five billion kronor ($440-734 million) into the data centre, creating 300 new construction jobs for the next few years and then 50 to 60 permanent jobs.
“This is the biggest single investment in Luleaa since the steel plant was built in 1940,” Mayor Karl Petersen said.
He hopes the data center will put Luleaa on the map, attracting other businesses to the region dubbed the “Node Pole.”
