I spotted the “secret Google facility” headline on Valleywag and followed the story to WebProNews and the Charleston Post & Courier.
Last week Google “Maguro Enterprises, a newly formed entity,” completed a $17 million acquisition of 520 acres of land near the South Carolina coast. The documents were notarized near Google’s HQ. Back in October local officials had signed off on tax incentives for “Project X” and “Project Y”, which have now been renamed under “Pyrite LLC”. The grounds are already being cleared for a “very high tech” development that “needs to be near lots of electricity and water”.
Google declined to comment on the Maguro/Pyrite deal, but confirmed that it is “looking at the Goose Creek area”, where the site is located. Berkeley County Supervisor Jim Rozier and Goose Creek Administrator Dennis Harmon are excited about Pyrite’s plans to “make a $750 million investment and employ at least 400 workers earning an average of $90,000 a year”.
These rumors follow Rich Miller’s recent reports on Google’s 1 million square foot facility on NASA’s campus, and Microsoft’s possible plans for a $980 million, 470,000 square foot data center near San Antonio.
No related posts.
