Here's why Facebook choose Iowa for new data center
Altoona City Council approval of economic development property tax rebates and municipal water agreements for the Meta Altoona hyperscale data center campus in Polk County (May 16, 2022).
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Here's why Facebook choose Iowa for new data center
Altoona City Council · May 16, 2022
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- Clip 1 · 0:34 Altoona City Council Hearing Speaker Developer Representative In support auto captions, uncheckedTax Abatements Water Power & Grid Zoning
Public hearing record before Altoona City Council in Altoona, IA.
"Facebook location? 476,000 square feet... this giant building is one of four Facebook data centers, the others are in North Carolina, Oregon, and Sweden... Facebook will employ 75 workers here, most of which are security team members right now ...the building runs on 100 percent renewable energy...and is an incredible testament to green technology...usin g the heat from the endless rows of servers that administer to the over 1 billion Facebook users"
- Clip 2 · 1:01 Altoona City Council Hearing Speaker Elected Official Questioning auto captions, uncheckedTax Abatements Water Power & Grid Zoning
Public hearing record before Altoona City Council in Altoona, IA.
"billion Facebook users worldwide...and combining that heat with the cold outside to create room temperature... The state offered 18 million in tax credits and Facebook won't have to pay property taxes for 20 years....but officials with Facebook say other sites also offered financial incentives - there are many other reasons they chose Altoona and Iowa. 29:34-"you have to have a site that is obviously quite large, you have to have the ability to have energy supply, that is of the capacity that we need, so"
- Clip 3 · 1:23 Resident public comment Resident Public Comment auto captions, unchecked
Public hearing record before Altoona City Council in Altoona, IA.
"you have to have the ability to have energy supply, that is of the capacity that we need, so there are a lot of thing that are mandatory, and then there are a lot of things we want to have and I would say some of those in the case of iowa are the work force, this was a shovel ready site, and we were able to take advantage of renewable energy that is here." This is just the first Facebook"
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