Servers inside data centers are the backbone of Internet services such as Facebook. The servers store and transmit billions of status updates, links, photos and all the outside apps used by Facebook’s members.

Facebook’s new server farm in the northern Swedish city of Lulea is the firm’s first outside the U.S. – in a location chosen because the fierce cold will help to keep the company’s racks of high-performance computers cool.

Facebook looked at several sites across Europe, and picked Lulea for its cold climate. The move will see Facebook become faster for users across Europe.

You can read more about it at the Daily Mail.