It's Official. Google IS Coming to Iowa!

The announcement was just made! On the Des Moines Register's Site they are reporting that it is official. Google is locating their next server farm in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The new data center is already under construction on a 55 acre site.

"The $600 million project will include two facilities spread over 1,185 acres and will include 200 workers with average salaries of between $50,000 and $130,000...creating an annual payroll of about $10 million.

Google Inc. will pay an estimated $65 million in property taxes over the next 15 years, according to a press release from the governor's office. The company made a concentrated effort to use as many local vendors and suppliers as possible..."

This is an exciting prospect for the State of Iowa. Operations are scheduled to begin in the spring of 09.