Facebook is going to build three giant server halls that covers an area the size of 11 football fields. They are going to build it in the town of Lulea that is on the Northern tip of Sweden that is just over 62 miles South of the Arctic Circle. The site will need to generate 120 MW of power to operate and cost Facebook around 62 million Euro's a year to run. They are going to use the naturally cool temperatures of the area, around 2C or 35.6F average, to keep the servers cool enough to run and not need any other sources to cool the halls.
This seems like a very interesting way to go. Using the naturally cool climate to cool the servers and keep them at optimal temperature seems like a win-win idea. They get to spend less money to keep them running and they do not have to use any other means that might pollute the environment.
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