Iowa's New Top Crop Is Server Farms 111
1sockchuck writes "Microsoft just confirmed that it will build a $500M data center in Iowa, following the lead of Google, which is nearing completion of a $600M facility in the state. Boosted by generous tax incentives and affordable power, Iowa is prevailing in a fierce competition with other states for these huge data center projects for tech titans. Iowa officials say they intend to leverage that track record to attract even more projects in a bid to transform the state into a mecca for server farms." The Economist covers this trend more broadly, focusing on Washington state and Iceland angling to become server-farm destinations.
Re:Cheap power? (Score:4, Funny)
s/generous\ tax\ incentives/bribes
Re:Iowa takes lead in corporate welfare (Score:2, Funny)
Now that's just crazy talk!
Shrink the government, why that's un-american.
Really? (Score:3, Funny)
they must have done an INSERT INTO ground.
Re:Iowa's New Top Crop Is Server Farms (Score:3, Funny)
If you can plant a 300$ mac mini and get a 4500$ xServe, I'd say that's a cash crop. *goes to do that with mine*