Facebook Prineville Data Center Groundbreaking

On Thursday, January 22, 2010, Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski announced that Facebook, the worlds leading social networking service with more than 350 million users will locate a multi-million dollar data center in Prineville, Oregon. The facility, which will help store and route information posted by users, is expected to create more than 200 jobs during its 12-month construction phase. When finished, the data center will employ at least 35 full-time workers and dozens more part-time and contract employees. Additional construction phases may be possible in the future, depending on business needs. More details at www.facebook.com/prinevilledatacenter.

Video produced by Matt Hand, Pinnacle Media Inc., for Facebook.

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