Data Centers, Tax Credits, and the Conservative Case for Cleantech

In December, officials in Michigan approved the construction of a $2 billion data center in the western part of the state that’s projected to create 1,000 jobs over the next 10 years.

The company behind the facility is Las Vegas-based Switch, which builds and operates large-scale data centers. According to Switch’s website, all of the ones it has constructed and brought online are in Nevada, but now it’s moving into other states. Data centers are places where servers owned by Switch and its clients, who include Google and Amazon, store information and beam content to Internet-connected devices....

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Ken Notes: We can do this.. Fitchburg has a nice data center and plenty of broadband to support more.... EPIC is also a major player. See I like broadband, I just do not want to rob our energy programs to fund it where jobs will not follow....