Facebook Considers Setting Up First Asian Data Center In Taiwan

Social network giant Facebook is planning to set up its first data center in the Asia-Pacific region in Taiwan, an official told Reuters on Wednesday. The company is planning to invest around T$10 billion ($300 million).

Magistrate Wei Ming-ku of Changhua County in central Taiwan told the news source that the center would require 6 acres (2.43 hectares) of land, with the possibility to expand to 20 acres in the future.

"We've made all-out efforts to ensure sufficient supply of water and electricity ... We hope they will come," Wei said.

The company is evaluating potential sites for the center and has shown interested in a piece of land next to the Taiwan high-speed rail station in Changhua County, Wei Ming-ku said, as reported by Focus Taiwan.

In an email sent to Reuters, a Facebook spokeswoman said that no decision has been made in this regard.

"As a global company working to connect billions of people around the world, we are always evaluating potential sites for new data centres, but we don't have anything to announce at this time," the email read.