Facebook close to deal for Dublin European HQ expansion

The social media giant is seeking premises for up to 1,000 workers, as we revealed in December 2016

Facebooks current HQ at 4/5 Grand Canal Square

Facebook is close to a deal to lease an office building near Dublin’s International Financial Services Centre (IFSC), sources have revealed this evening.

The world’s largest social network already rents space in Silicon Docks but now plans to lease about 110,000 sq ft of space, the anonymous sources said.

Facebook,which has its European headquarters in Dublin, is seeking a building that can hold as many as 1,000 workers, as we reported in December2016.