Salt Lake Tribune · Dec 11, 2019
Facebook’s massive Utah data center will be even bigger than originally planned
(Ben Wood | The Salt Lake Tribune) A rendering of the planned Facebook data center to be build in Eagle Mountain. The center was announced by Gov. Gary Herbert on Wednesday, May 30, 2018.Facebook’s massive Eagle Mountain Data Center hasn’t opened, but the company has already announced plans to expand it by 50%. On Wednesday, the social media giant said it’s adding more than 500,000 square feet to the project.
The original plan called for an H-shaped, 970,000-square-foot building. With the addition of a second building, the project will now encompass almost 1.5 million square feet.