Facebook Is in Talks to Lease Office Campus in Dublin

Facebook Inc. plans to lease an office campus in Dublin as it continues to expand, according to a person with knowledge of the matter.

The social media network has had talks to gradually take on 450,000 square feet (41,800 square meters) of space in the Ballsbridge district that is currently occupied by Allied Irish Banks Plc, the person said, asking not to be identified because the negotiations are private. Other locations are still under consideration and a deal may still not be reached, the person said. The space is the equivalent of about eight American football fields.