Friday, June 21, 2013

Microsoft wants another Iowa data center

Microsoft plans on building a massive data center in Iowa.

The state continues attracting some of the biggest technology companies looking to expand their computer processing and storage abilities.

Microsoft wants to spend six-hundred-seventy-million dollars on another West Des Moines data center.

The company wants twenty-million dollars in tax credits to create thirty jobs.

Microsoft, Facebook, and Google have chosen Iowa for data centers. Microsoft's total investment for this new project may exceed one-billion dollars.

Industry consultants say Iowa offers lots of inexpensive electricity and policies that alleviate millions of dollars in property and sales taxes.

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