Facebook Said to Weigh Expanding European Head Office in Dublin
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Facebook Inc. is seeking to more than double the size of its European headquarters in Dublin as the most popular social-networking site prepares for a possible $10 billion initial public offering, three people with knowledge of the matter said.
Facebook may move and lease as much as 11,150 square meters (120,000 square feet) of office space in the Irish capital over five years, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the information is private. Facebook, which set up its Dublin office in 2008, currently occupies about 5,000 square meters of space in the city’s south docklands neighborhood, according to one of the people.