Comments on: Can the ‘Google Economy’ Lift Small Towns? http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/12/17/can-the-google-economy-lift-small-towns/ News and analysis about data centers, cloud computing, managed hosting and disaster recovery Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:24:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: A. Meyer http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/12/17/can-the-google-economy-lift-small-towns/comment-page-1/#comment-9404 A. Meyer Tue, 22 Dec 2009 14:33:04 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=19797#comment-9404 Gotta believe you are probably right. Here in Pryor OK, there was big talk when Google started their big data center. We have had a few hundred lost jobs in the local economy since then and i am sure many have applied to Google. The Google jobs are only maybe 75, and i think most of them re-located here from other areas. Of course now the whole data center is on hold and not opening any time soon... Gotta believe you are probably right. Here in Pryor OK, there was big talk when Google started their big data center. We have had a few hundred lost jobs in the local economy since then and i am sure many have applied to Google. The Google jobs are only maybe 75, and i think most of them re-located here from other areas. Of course now the whole data center is on hold and not opening any time soon…

]]> By: PGT http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/12/17/can-the-google-economy-lift-small-towns/comment-page-1/#comment-9296 PGT Fri, 18 Dec 2009 13:53:31 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=19797#comment-9296 +1 for nate. A properly run datacenter doesn't NEED tons of employees. Not the number the local and state governments think will be needed to support these companies. That's one of the justification for huge tax breaks, right? I know when my company opened a facility in a rural area, there were 700 applicants for 30 jobs. +1 for nate. A properly run datacenter doesn’t NEED tons of employees. Not the number the local and state governments think will be needed to support these companies. That’s one of the justification for huge tax breaks, right? I know when my company opened a facility in a rural area, there were 700 applicants for 30 jobs.

]]> By: Harold Simmons http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/12/17/can-the-google-economy-lift-small-towns/comment-page-1/#comment-9282 Harold Simmons Fri, 18 Dec 2009 00:14:49 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=19797#comment-9282 This is one very encouraging side of the data center world. By looking into alternative remote locations to house data centers, companies are helping to revitalize communities by bringing higher paying jobs. This is one very encouraging side of the data center world. By looking into alternative remote locations to house data centers, companies are helping to revitalize communities by bringing higher paying jobs.

]]> By: nate http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2009/12/17/can-the-google-economy-lift-small-towns/comment-page-1/#comment-9272 nate Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:53:19 +0000 http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/?p=19797#comment-9272 No. It's a joke the amount of attention these communities pay to these companies wanting to put data centers there. They see some company come in and want to install tens of thousands of servers and infrastructure to support them thinking well they will need a lot of support! But of course that assumption is wrong as these giants are so efficient that they don't need an army of support people to run the place. Meanwhile their local energy and water systems are significantly taxed to support the facility. The Quincy article was interesting in that they were commenting on how yeah they get all this new tax revenue allowing them to increase investment in their senior centers. I mean come on, that's a laugh. No. It’s a joke the amount of attention these communities pay to these companies wanting to put data centers there. They see some company come in and want to install tens of thousands of servers and infrastructure to support them thinking well they will need a lot of support! But of course that assumption is wrong as these giants are so efficient that they don’t need an army of support people to run the place. Meanwhile their local energy and water systems are significantly taxed to support the facility.

The Quincy article was interesting in that they were commenting on how yeah they get all this new tax revenue allowing them to increase investment in their senior centers. I mean come on, that’s a laugh.

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