Inside Facebook's Impressive Data Center

💻 Facebook is a phenomenon with over a billion users and a valuation of over 100 billion dollars.

🌐 Facebook's technology handles the profiles, photos, and messages of more than 1 in 7 people on the planet.

🖥️ Facebook's data centers in Northern California use technology on a staggering scale to store and process the massive amount of data.

🏢 The Facebook Data Center is a unique and quirky environment.

📈 The website has been growing rapidly, adding 100 million new users every six months.

💾 Handling the storage needs of such a massive user base is a significant challenge.

🔒 Facebook data centers store vast amounts of user information in cutting-edge servers and memory banks.

⚡️ Data travels at the speed of light between servers through fiber-optic cables spanning over 21 million feet.

🏢 The internet is a physical entity, with interconnected buildings worldwide that exchange data.

The Facebook Data Center has 30 megawatts of electricity and backup generators in case of a power failure.

The data center has 14 diesel generators that can generate up to three megawatts of power each.

Constant cooling is required to prevent the servers from overheating.

🏢 Facebook's data center has a state-of-the-art natural air-conditioning system to regulate temperature and prevent servers from overheating.

🌬️ Cool air from Oregon is filtered and mixed with warm air, while a fine mist controls humidity.

🖥️ Facebook's data center handles a massive number of users, with almost 600 million people logging in daily.

💻 Facebook Data Center has over a hundred petabytes of photos and videos, which is 100,000 times more data than a high-end PC.

🔍 Technicians like David Gaylord are responsible for finding and fixing failed server racks in the labyrinthine data center.

🔧 David Gaylord can replace an entire circuit board in a server once he locates it.

💡 Facebook Data Center is facing challenges due to the increasing online activity of billions of users.

⚙️ Construction crews are working hard to increase the capacity of the data center to accommodate the growing demand.

🏃‍♂️ Given the scale of online activity, time is of the essence for the construction crews to complete the expansion.