Google data centers generated $ 1.3 billion
A Google has been expanding its data centers - data processing centers - in various locations in the United States since 2006, so that in April 2018 was announced its eighth building in this direction in the country. As a result, $ 1.3 billion in economic activities and 11,000 new jobs were generated. This economic impact was recently presented by the company in a report prepared and published by Oxford Economics - a company specialized in quantitative forecasting and data analysis. In the material, it is also pointed out that, for the construction and expansion of six of these projects - located in the states of Iowa, Oklahoma, North Carolina, South Carolina Colorado and Oregon - US $ 10.5 billion were invested. In these campuses alone, 1,900 employees were hired. In addition, 1,100 construction workers were employed annually for maintenance activities. The document also estimates that more than 4,700 jobs in the retail and leisure sectors were opened, through t...