For Data Centers, Google Likes the Southeast (datacenterfrontier.com)

Posted by timothy on Saturday January 23, 2016 @03:20AM from the pleasant-rolling-hills dept.

1sockchuck writes: With new construction projects underway in Alabama and Tennessee, Google will soon have 5 of its 8 company-built U.S. data center campuses located in the Southeast. The strategy is unique among major cloud players, who typically have server farms on each coast, plus one in the heartland. Is Google's focus on the Southeast a leading indicator of future data center development in the region? Or is it simply a case of a savvy player unearthing unique retrofit opportunities that may not work for other cloud builders?

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Re: Something about eggs and a basket by Anonymous Coward · 2016-01-23 03:37 · Score: 1, Informative

They get what they want: cheap land, cheap electricity (coal), low or no taxes (incentives), cheap labor. The states get employment. Oh wait, you're data center is only going to employ 100 people?? Aw, shucks!