November 17, 2014

  • It’s live: Facebook’s first Altoona data center is now officially online

    It’s live: Facebook’s first Altoona data center is now officially online

    ALTOONA, IOWA—Driving east on I-80 toward Des Moines, its hard to miss the looming construction project that is Facebook’s Altoona, Iowa data center. With a 202 acre campus—that’s 42 acres bigger than Disneyland and 22 bigger than neighboring Adventureland—just one of its two buildings would be twice as tall as 801 Grand if you stood…

  • Weekly Recap: GEW kick-off, Iowa Startup Bus rides again & more

    Weekly Recap: GEW kick-off, Iowa Startup Bus rides again & more

    Every Monday Silicon Prairie News’ editorial team will share some of the interesting regional content we’ve read as well as SPN’s most-read stories over the last week…