Google executives recently toured the University of Nebraska’s Omaha campus to discuss job opportunities at a
Google data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa [1], which is expected to be announced at a news conference tomorrow. The Nebraska trip was reported by the
Des Moines Register [2], which said the Omaha satellite office of the university hopes to establish a relationship with Google if it sets up shop in nearby Council Bluffs. Google is actively
seeking data center employees [3]in at least 11 different geographic markets as it continues to expand its network.
Gov. Chet Culver of Iowa has schedule a press conference in Council Bluffs Tuesday morning to announce a “significant economic development project,” which is expected to be a new Google data center. The 180-acre site of the Google operation will be northwest of U.S. Highway 275 and South 11th Street, according to local media.
Rich Miller is the founder and editor-in-chief of Data Center Knowledge, and has been reporting on the data center sector since 2000. He has tracked the growing impact of high-density computing on the power and cooling of data centers, and the resulting push for improved energy efficiency in these facilities.
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[1] Google data center in Council Bluffs, Iowa: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/Jun/16/google_to_announce_iowa_data_center_tuesday.html
[2] Des Moines Register: http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070618/NEWS/70618025/1001/COMM01
[3] seeking data center employees : http://www.google.com/support/jobs/bin/topic.py?dep_id=1065&loc_id=1100
[4] Rich Miller: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/author/richm/
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