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Microsoft investing over $670 million in Iowa data center |
June 24, 2013
Microsoft is investing US$678 million in the expansion of its data center in West Des Moines, Iowa.The plan, dubbed Project Mountain, was awarded tax benefits and is expected to create 29 new jobs, the board of the Iowa Economic Development Authority said in a statement on Friday.Other tech companies are also setting up data centers in Iowa. Facebook said in April its data center in Altoona, Iowa, will be its fourth owned and operated data center, and its third in the U.S. The company plans to break ground this summer and expects to begin serving user traffic in 2014. Google opened a data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa, in 2009. In November 2012, it announced that it would expand its data center operations in Iowa, taking the total investment to over $1.1 billion.Microsoft has run a data center in Iowa to support its operations since 2009. It could not be immediately reached for comment on the proposed investment.To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here
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