Tuesday, December 1, 2015

Montana Courts Google, Facebook With Data Center Efforts

Officials in Bozeman, Montana, are actively courting Google and Facebook, trying to convince the Silicon Valley giants to potentially build a data center in southwest Montana, according to the Bozeman Daily Chronicle. It's unclear if either of the companies are seriously considering the offer. Data centers--the giant facilities which house the computer systems used to run now ubiquitous online services--are a big business across the Intermountain west, with many major data centers, particularly in Arizona, Utah, and Colorado. Image: giant Facebook data center in Prinevile, Oregon.