Yahoo Opens New Nebraska Data Center

Data Center Knowledge (Feb 18 2010) Construction

1. Yahoo (YHOO) has opened its new data center in La Vista Nebraska. The 180,000 square foot facility near Omaha will hold about 100,000 servers, employ around 50 people and will become the largest Yahoo data center when expansions are completed. Yahoo began the 17-state location process that led them to Nebraska in early 2008. Similar to other Midwest deals that were negotiated earlier with Google in Council Bluffs, Iowa and Microsoft in West Des Moines, Yahoo selected Nebraska for state tax incentives, low energy costs and a quality workforce. The announced $100 million deal included the La Vista data center and a customer care center in Omaha, with a combined 200 jobs created. (Read Full Article)

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