Facebook's New Data Center in Lulea, Sweden

The Telegraph reports on Facebook's

Facebook to build server farm on edge of Arctic Circle

Facebook is to build a multi-million 'mini town' on the edge of the Arctic circle to house all its computer servers, which would us as much electricity as a town of 50,000 people.

Facebook to build server farm on edge of Arctic Circle
Luleå is situated at the northern tip of the Baltic Sea, just over 62 miles South of the Arctic Circle Photo: Alamy

The enormous server farm facility in Luleå, northern Sweden, to be announced officially on Thursday morning, is the first time that the social networking giant has chosen to locate a server farm outside the US.