Microsoft, Yahoo! Eying Washington Potato Country
An AP newswire article, via CNN, reports that:
In the heart of potato country, a high-tech boom is taking place.More here.
Technology giants Microsoft Corp. and Yahoo Inc. are planning to build massive data storage centers amid the sagebrush and farm fields of rural central Washington.
The draw appears to be the region's relatively cheap land, inexpensive hydropower and wide-open space, and although neither agreement has been finalized, local officials are hopeful that Grant County will become more than the nation's leading supplier of spuds.
posted by Fergie @ 3/28/2006 09:11:00 AM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home