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Facebook starts first servers outside the US

By Malin Rising
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STOCKHOLM (AP) — Facebook on Wednesday started processing data through its first server farm outside the United States, on the edge of the Arctic Circle in Sweden.

The company inaugurated servers in about half of its new, 300,000-square foot (28,000-square meter) facility outside the city Lulea Wednesday, saying it should improve the social network’s performance in Europe.

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