FaceBook or computer systems arms race.

The social network FaceBook has found a new source of money in the amount of $ 100 million dollars, which will be spent only on the acquisition of new servers.
And without that, the full box office of the social network, which in the last 7 months has been replenished with $ 360 million, will receive a new tranche of $ 100 million.

Located in Palo Alto (California), FaceBook is going to spend all this money on new servers and powerful computers to ensure that the network has enough power to cope with the rapid growth of the user base, as well as the rapid replenishment of user profiles with a huge number of different applications.

There are not many startup companies that need as many servers as FaceBook. Launched in 2004 by Mark Zuckerberg (Mark Zuckerberg) FaceBook is growing very fast. In March, the network had more than 35 million people living in the United States, which is 71% more than a year earlier. In total, more than 109 million people are registered on this social network, and this figure continues to grow rapidly.
FaceBook does not disclose how many servers it manages, but according to data center Analytical Agency Data Center Knowledge, this figure is currently about 10,000 pieces.

According to Frank Gillett, Forrester Research's vice president, “The money raised will help FaceBook acquire another 50,000 new servers, which the company should be good for at least a year or two.”
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FaceBook’s appetites for servers reflect a technological arms race among Internet companies that need to ensure that constantly increasing user requirements do not harm systems that support web pages that are full of graphics, photos and video. Twitter microblogging service users have recently publicly complained about a slowdown or even a complete shutdown of the site associated with the rapid growth in the number of users of the system, which once again confirms the danger of too rapid growth.

According to Gillett, a researcher at Forrester Research: “Google is the largest search engine in the world, which buys about 500,000 servers annually, while Microsoft's annual need is 200,000 servers.”
“One of the most important factors for success is the ability to have liquid capital to build gigantic computing systems to serve users' needs,” says Gillett. "This is a game of capital for these guys who have become big and who still have a substantial margin of growth."

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