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Facebook’s Expansion Tops $1B at Huntsville Data Center Campus Facebook’s ongoing expansion in Huntsville, Ala., will top $1 billion in capital investment, the social media giant announced June 8, confirming earlier AL.com reports in February of the growth of the sprawling facility. More than 200 people will be employed once the expansion is finished and operational, according to Facebook. That number is twice as many as first announced when the tech company said in 2018 that it was building a data center in the Rocket City. The site of the data center will be in the North Huntsville Industrial Park, near the Toyota Motor Manufacturing campus. It will feature four distinct buildings that will house servers to support Facebook
and Instagram. In total, the entire facility will encompass nearly 2.5 million sq. ft. campus and represent an investment north of $1 billion, Facebook said in a news release. “Construction of the third building is well under way, and construction is already starting for the rest of the campus,” Facebook noted in the announcement and reported on the AL.com news site. “As of today, this campus has contributed over 5 million work hours to the Huntsville economy. Nearly 24,000 tons of steel have been erected and 500,000 cubic yards of concrete poured.” The announcement from Facebook, based in see FACEBOOK page 6
Facebook rendering
A rendering of the expansion of Facebook’s data center campus in Huntsville, announced June 8, 2021.