Facebook's 31,000 sq m data centre in Meath to be up and running by 2018

Facebook employee Charlotte Ens at the company's data centre near Lulea in northern Sweden Photo: Frank McGrath

Paul O'Donoghue

Facebook's new data centre in Co Meath will be up and running within two years.

The 31,000 sq m facility in Clonee - the second of its kind for the company in Europe - will be powered entirely by renewable energy, wind. Construction work is due to start within months and Facebook said the site would be packed with cutting-edge technology, making it one of the most advanced, efficient, and sustainable data centres in the world.