The planned data center — Facebook’s ninth data center worldwide — is “massive,” Furlong said. It will be Facebook’s sixth data center in the United States and one of the most advanced and energy-efficient data centers in the world, he said.
The 146-acre campus will boast two 450,000-square-foot buildings at Nebraska Highway 50 and Capehart Road. The two buildings will be accompanied by a 70,000-square-foot administrative building. Construction will take about 18 months, Furlong said, and the data center is expected to be online in 2020.
“We’re terribly excited about the opportunity to have Facebook here and help us be able to grow our burgeoning data center industry here in Nebraska,” Ricketts said.
Ricketts said in a press release that landing Facebook will be vital in expanding the burgeoning Silicon Prairie, which has been a priority for his administration.
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Facebook data centers of this size usually bring about 1,000 temporary construction jobs and about 100 permanent jobs, said Lindsay Amos, a Facebook spokeswoman. Although Facebook does use some of its own contractors, construction labor will be mostly local. The company declined to discuss salaries for its permanent employees.
