Facebook has been revealed to be the company behind a $1.5-billion installation under construction in Iowa, already dubbed the “most technologically advanced data center in the world”.
US government has long vowed to use the Internet to advance its foreign policy. The construction of multi-billion-dollar facilities by giants like Facebook and Google might fit within this framework.
An employee walks past servers in one of four server rooms at the Facebook Data Center on April 19, 2012 in Forest City, North Carolina. (AFP Photo)
For over a year, the mysterious project in Altoona, Iowa, a town of just over 15,000 people, was a topic of heated speculation – what company is spending $1.5 billion on a data center occupying 130,000 square meters, with servers and databanks?
Now, legislative sources have revealed to Iowa newspaper the Des Moines Register that they are “finalizing some elements” for Siculus Inc. and its 'Project Catapult,' believed to be a Facebook initiative.........................
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