Google's latest venture into Tennessee

United States
December 21, 2015 9:03am CST
Google has announced plans to hopefully buy property in Clarksville, Tennessee and they will invest Five Hundred Million Dollars into this investment. Good for Tennessee! Google will also put 70 people to work full time in this new data center. The land deal should be approved today and the new site will provide data storage for Google Cloud users. If approved don't expect the data center to be up and running for at least two to three years.
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Marlina
@marlina (154103)
• Canada
21 Dec 15
All that money involved and creating only 70 full time jobs? Do they get subsidies from the government? I wouldn't be a bit surprised.
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AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Dec 15
Since it's 'storage' you don't need a lot of employees.
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marcyaz
@Marcyaz (35316)
• United States
21 Dec 15
It does seem like a lot of money for so few jobs. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if they do get a tax break.@marlinea
AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Dec 15
@Marcyaz Most businesses coming in to our state get tax breaks.
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Dec 15
And they will need some people to do maintenance and keep things running?
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celticeagle
@celticeagle (189820)
• Boise, Idaho
22 Dec 15
@AbbyGreenhill .That could be 70 new jobs.
AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
22 Dec 15
I guess 70 is the total, that's all they said...It doesn't take many to 'watch' the stuff.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
21 Dec 15
Two to three years is an understandable period because would be a vast undertaking.
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AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Dec 15
It sure is and it's probably the technology that will take a huge part of that time.
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Koalemos
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
21 Dec 15
@AbbyGreenhill This is certain because it will consist of huge banks of servers.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502208)
• Italy
21 Dec 15
This is a vast project, I understand the two to three years period. Even if for the moment they only need to hire 70 people, it's a start.
Anna
@LadyDuck (502208)
• Italy
22 Dec 15
@AbbyGreenhill I agree, especially in our days.
AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
22 Dec 15
@LadyDuck Yes, and it also beings new opportunities to surrounding businesses.
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AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Dec 15
Any new jobs are important.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
21 Dec 15
And a lot more work in the interim for construction personnel: builders, electricians...
AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Dec 15
Exactly - it's the residual stuff that adds up for the state.
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Susan
@HazySue (39265)
• Gouverneur, New York
21 Dec 15
@AbbyGreenhill that is good. It should increase the economy in that area. It's just too bad that it will take so long to get it going.
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AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Dec 15
Approval of plans up to a year and two years to build. It will also attract other big name's to the area.
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fishtiger58
@fishtiger58 (29819)
• Momence, Illinois
21 Dec 15
Only 70 jobs, boy you would think they could do better than that.
AbbyGreenhill
@AbbyGreenhill (45490)
• United States
21 Dec 15
It's a data storage facility - no need for hundreds of employees.
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