Dutch town of Zeewolde agrees to permit for major Facebook data centre

Dutch town of Zeewolde agrees to permit for major Facebook data centre - Copyright Thomson Reuters 2021

Copyright Thomson Reuters 2021

By Reuters

Published on 16/12/2021 - 23:15•Updated 19/04/2024 - 23:08

AMSTERDAM - The town of Zeewolde, 50 kilometres (31 miles) east of Amsterdam, on Thursday voted to grant a permit to Meta to build the largest data centre in the Netherlands.

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp will be able to serve users all over Europe from the centre.

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