Facebook Reflects on 4 years of Economic Impact from Data Center in Prineville, OR

Facebook posts on its Economic Impact in Prineville from its data center presence. 

Connecting the World and Making an Impact

May 21, 2014 at 10:00am

From the moment we broke ground on our Prineville data center in 2010, Facebook has been proud to contribute to the region’s economic progress and long-term success. It is with the support of the local community that we’ve been able to grow and develop into what we are today – a multi-building campus that allows people to connect and share every day on Facebook.

 

A few months ago, we commissioned an outside firm, ECONorthwest, to measure our economic impact on a regional and statewide level and update our previous study, which only analyzed the construction and operations activity from the very first phases of the facility’s development. The new report includes major statistics and key analyses that we’d like to share:

  • The economic impacts generated by construction over five years include:

     o  651 jobs in Central Oregon; 3,592 in total in Oregon.

     o  $573 million in capital spending statewide.

The report is here.

An executive summary of the 2014 Facebook Prineville Economic and Fiscal Impact Report is available at http://www.econw.com/our-work/publications/facebook.

Executive Summary: The Economic and Fiscal Impacts of Facebook’s Prineville Data Center

ECONorthwest releases a study of the economic and fiscal impacts resulting from Facebook's Prineville data center.

Published:

May 14, 2014

Written by:

Michael Wilkerson, Ph.D.
Tessa Krebs

Client:

Facebook

The executive summary of ECONorthwest's "Facebook Prineville Data Center Economic and Fiscal Impact Study."

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I found the above thanks to the Gigaom post. http://gigaom.com/2014/05/21/facebook-commissioned-study-says-oregon-data-center-is-good-for-the-economy/

 

What did you do Yesterday? Lunch at Facebook's 6th annual Sam Choy Luau Lunch

I headed down to the bay area yesterday, and there were probably 20 people on the plane who were heading to Uptime Symposium.  We all landed from SEA to SJC at 9:10a and everyone was off to Uptime, except me.  I had a meeting at Facebook and was able to go to  6th annual Sam Choy Lunch.  

The food was awesome pork, chicken, fish, beef, and the long long line for the Poke

Hey Everyone!
Today, Tuesday May 20th we are having our 6th Annual Sam Choy Luau at Hack Square!

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Attending DCD SF, June 17, 2014 in Santa Clara Convention Center

DatacenterDynamics SF is coming up on June 17, 2014 at the Santa Clara Convention Center.  Note the change of location from SF to Santa Clara.  I’ve been to DCD in SF, Chicago, NY, London, and Seattle.

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The program looks pretty full with up to 5 halls open for presentations.

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Looking forward to catch up with data center friends at the event.  Note: I need to be in SF for another event that evening so I will be leaving mid afternoon. Don’t look for me at the cocktail reception.

Fuji's 154 TB vs. Sony's 185TB, Tape Back-up gets new life

Sony made all kind of news with its 185TB capacity tape.

Sony develops tech for 185TB tapes: 3,700 times more storage than a Blu-ray disc

Fujiflim announces a 154TB capacity tape.

UJIFILM ACHIEVES NEW DATA STORAGE RECORD OF 154TB

ON ADVANCED PROTOTYPE TAPE

 

Proving the current tape format will satisfy the requirements of tape storage well into the future

 

VALHALLA, N.Y., May 19, 2014  Citing its use of proprietary NANOCUBIC™ and Barium Ferrite (BaFe) particle technologies,  FUJIFILM Recording Media U.S.A., Inc., a subsidiary of FUJIFILM Corporation, the leading global manufacturer of data storage media, today announced that in conjunction with IBM, a new record in areal data density of 85.9 billion bits per square inch on cost-efficient linear magnetic particulate tape has been achieved. This breakthrough in data density equates to a standard LTO cartridge capable of storing up to 154 terabytes of uncompressed data, which is 62 times greater than today’s current LTO6 cartridge capacity.


People thought tape was long dead, but with these latest offerings it looks like Tape is around for a bit longer.