Facebook To Add Two New Buildings In Eastern Oregon

PRINEVILLE, OR — Tech giant Facebook announced this week the addition of two new buildings to Central Oregon's Prineville Data Center, bringing more jobs to the region. The Prineville Data Center, which currently has three buildings, employing more than 200 people, will break ground on a fourth building this month and a fifth building in 2018.

In a Facebook post, the company said, "These new buildings — which total 900,000 square feet, plus 70,000 square feet for an administrative space connecting the two buildings — will represent a capital investment of hundreds of millions of dollars, which is in addition to the more than $1 billion we have already invested in the Prineville Data Center."

"This translates into keeping construction crews busy for another four years, plus additional full-time jobs as the data halls come online," the post continued.

Facebook has had the data center in Oregon for almost eight years, the company wrote.

Of the hundreds of people who work at the data center, about 75 percent live locally, the company said.

Anyone interested in job openings at the Prineville Data Center can go to www.facebook.com/careers/locations/prineville.

Photo courtesy of Facebook/Prineville Data Center