Facebook’s Asia group relocates to massive brand-new head office in Singapore

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Facebook commemorates its relocate to a bigger area in Singapore Tuesday.


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Facebook has huge strategies to grow in the Asia Pacific area.

On Tuesday, the social networks giant commemorated its relocate to a brand-new, larger area in Singapore, which will work as Facebook’s local head office, it revealed in a news release.

Moving from its previous house in South Beach Tower, Facebook now has 260,000 square feet throughout 4 levels in its brand-new Marina One digs. Facebook’s Singapore and local groups, including about 1,000 individuals, will be housed in the area, which can hold up to 3,000 workstations, Facebook’s vice president of Asia Pacific, Dan Neary, stated in a discussion. The area is likewise house to Facebook’s very first partner center in Asia.

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The relocation comes as Facebook increases operations in Asia, including its very first information centre in the area The 11- floor, 170,000 square metre centre, situated in Singapore, will cost Facebook $1 billion.

In addition to the relocation, Facebook likewise revealed it will introduce a 2nd information development start-up program, called Startup Station Singapore, in cooperation with Singapore’s Infocomm Media Development Authority.

“Asia Pacific is incredibly important to Facebook. Out of the 2.2 billion people who are on our platform monthly, 894 million are here in Asia Pacific,” stated Neary.

“Singapore is key to our continued growth in the region, and we are honoured to work with and support some incredible partners in the public and private sector to drive Singapore’s economic, innovation, and community goals,” he included.

Facebook’s upgrade follows it broadened its existence in London with a brand-new structure at its Menlo Park head office last month, where it likewise established a war space created to monitor what’s happening with upcoming elections in the states and Brazil.

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