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Rural North Carolina Experiences Data Center Boom

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the hear-that-sound dept.

1sockchuck writes "Rural counties in western North Carolina have hit the data center trifecta, landing major projects from Google, Apple and Facebook. These marquee tech companies will invest more than $2 billion in small towns like Forest City, Kings Mountain and Maiden, a town of just 3,300 residents. How did western North Carolina become a tech hub? Aggressive tax incentives and an abundant supply of cheap power, a legacy of the textile mills that once thrived in the region, which narrowly missed winning a $499 million Microsoft data center project that ended up in Virginia."

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  1. Re:Otis Would be Proud... by AnonymousClown · · Score: 2, Funny
    Moonshine = bio-fuel!

    New Jeff Foxworthy jokes are coming...

    You know you're a redneck when your porch collapses and kills your dog and the terminal you use to telecommute to the data center you work at.

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  2. Re:Kinda weird seeing these towns on /. by oldspewey · · Score: 4, Funny

    Same basic news stories - except you'll be reading about how a Linux nerd escaped from a nearby data centre, causing a ruckus as local residents stepped out of their homes to gawk at the delicate, pasty white skin.

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