Peek inside Facebook's massive data centers that store all your photos, 'likes,' and chats
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Alan Brandt
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Much of that "magic" happens in the social network's own massive data centers.
Since 2011, Facebook has built four centers in Oregon, Iowa, North Carolina, and Sweden with innovative, environmentally-conscious designs that it has made available to the public through its Open Compute Project.
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In July, it began constructing a fifth in Fort Worth, Texas.
Take a peek inside those centers and see where all your Facebook data "lives."
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