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RE: Facebook building 800 million data center in DeKalb
(07-02-2020 06:34 AM)HuskieJoe Wrote: I’m not sure this is going to bring “tech jobs” or “internship opportunities” to DeKalb. Will they be developing technology here or just replacing one piece of server hardware with another when something fails?
The biggest boon to the local economy will probably be the initial construction. After that isn’t it just basically like an Amazon warehouse?
An Amazon warehouse provides a good number of jobs.
This though, like you said, not much (100 or so...which isn't nothing), but the biggest gain is probably from taxes (and notoriety which may attract other tech companies...or other companies from other industries).
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07-02-2020 06:57 AM |
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