Rural North Carolina Experiences Data Center Boom 153
1sockchuck writes "Rural counties in western North Carolina have hit the data center trifecta, landing major projects from Google, Apple and Facebook. These marquee tech companies will invest more than $2 billion in small towns like Forest City, Kings Mountain and Maiden, a town of just 3,300 residents. How did western North Carolina become a tech hub? Aggressive tax incentives and an abundant supply of cheap power, a legacy of the textile mills that once thrived in the region, which narrowly missed winning a $499 million Microsoft data center project that ended up in Virginia."
Re:Otis Would be Proud... (Score:2, Funny)
New Jeff Foxworthy jokes are coming...
You know you're a redneck when your porch collapses and kills your dog and the terminal you use to telecommute to the data center you work at.
Re:Kinda weird seeing these towns on /. (Score:4, Funny)