(WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Technology giant IBM (www.ibm.com) announced on Tuesday it will build a data center in a business park in Columbia, Missouri.
The announcement follows the February opening of IBM’s new $360 million data center in North Carolina’s Research Triangle Park campus.
The company has yet to release any details about the facility.
The data center is expected to create up to 800 jobs in central Missouri, which would make it one of the largest employers in the region.
According to reports, IBM was offered more than $28 million in tax breaks to build the data center in Missouri.
The state has been actively recruiting data centers projects by offering these tax incentives.
There are currently four bills moving through both houses of the state legislature that will provide more tax incentives for companies that choose to build in Missouri, eliminate sales tax for providers of utility-type services to data centers and the rental of any equipment and material required to build these projects, and reduce property taxes for IT equipment.
Using tax incentives to attract data center projects is a common practice for many US states, with Wyoming, North Carolina, Indiana and Iowa all introducing tax breaks in recent years.
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