Facebook Chooses Singapore for $1bn Data Centre.

Facebook has chosen Singapore for the location of its new data centre, which is expected to open in 2022.

The new facility will cost more than $1bn (£773m) and be located in the west of the country.

It has been designed as an 11-floor structure, in an attempt to conserve space in the crowded nation, according to Facebook.

One analyst told the BBC it was another sign of the country's popularity with large technology companies.

The new, 170,000-sq-m (1.8-million-sq-ft) data centre will support "hundreds" of local jobs.

Indian tech blogger Pankaj Mishra said on Twitter that the move was a "snub" to India - one of Facebook's largest user markets.

However, Singapore is an ideal location for the data centre, according to Adam Simon at analyst firm Context.