Cody Winchester / World-Herald staff writer wrote:But the Sarpy County Board will decide today whether to apply for $750,000 in state incentives to help build roads, water lines and sewers to a data center that would sit on the southwest corner of 144th Street and Schram Road.
Cody Winchester / World-Herald staff writer wrote:Last year, it signed a two-year purchase option on the 140-acre parcel, according to county records. As competition for data centers has ramped up, local economic development officials have been trying to get sites ready.
Here we go, head to head with Iowa again on another data center. The data center would go near 144th and Schram Rd near Springfield. The identity is not known; only that it is a Fortune 200 company.
Hopefully we can redeem ourselves on this one.
When fortune smiles on something as violent and ugly as revenge, it seems proof like no other that not only does God exist, you're doing his will.
As much as local governments are willing to invest in these projects must just make a ton of property tax dollars. Â The sure don't create too many jobs.
Brad wrote:As much as local governments are willing to invest in these projects must just make a ton of property tax dollars. The sure don't create too many jobs.
I suppose some temporary jobs will be created in construction and engineering. The article mentioned that they needed to pave Schram Rd from 144th to 150th Sts and they needed to run water and sewer utilities to the area.
It sounds like a long shot in my opinion. I think Iowa might nail this one too.
When fortune smiles on something as violent and ugly as revenge, it seems proof like no other that not only does God exist, you're doing his will.
HR Paperstacks wrote:In the OWH article, they are asking for people to submit better project names. One of the submissions was Project Carlos Danger. lol
We are probably talking about two different centers then. I know I saw something a few days ago about a study for t 911 center - I will have to look for it later when I am on a computer...
Coyote wrote:We are probably talking about two different centers then. I know I saw something a few days ago about a study for t 911 center - I will have to look for it later when I am on a computer...
Sarpy County just approved a study on its 911 system. One of the options being considered is a merged Douglas/Sarpy/Washington County 911 center.
Brad wrote:As much as local governments are willing to invest in these projects must just make a ton of property tax dollars. The sure don't create too many jobs.
I suppose some temporary jobs will be created in construction and engineering. The article mentioned that they needed to pave Schram Rd from 144th to 150th Sts and they needed to run water and sewer utilities to the area.
It sounds like a long shot in my opinion. I think Iowa might nail this one too.
The consume a ton of power so maybe they are profitable for the utilities. Â They also could create a few local jobs at local carriers Cox, CenturyLink, etc. Â I guess the thought could also be that the presence of a company data center may help the metro land some kind of back office jobs for the company, like with Yahoo opening a office in Omaha along with a data center.
Brad wrote:As much as local governments are willing to invest in these projects must just make a ton of property tax dollars. The sure don't create too many jobs.
I suppose some temporary jobs will be created in construction and engineering. The article mentioned that they needed to pave Schram Rd from 144th to 150th Sts and they needed to run water and sewer utilities to the area.
It sounds like a long shot in my opinion. I think Iowa might nail this one too.
The consume a ton of power so maybe they are profitable for the utilities. They also could create a few local jobs at local carriers Cox, CenturyLink, etc. I guess the thought could also be that the presence of a company data center may help the metro land some kind of back office jobs for the company, like with Yahoo opening a office in Omaha along with a data center.
They are sexy! Â You get to say "Hey World! We got a big a$$ Google building!" Â Yeah there are some jobs that pay more than fast food. Â And a lot of construction jobs building this big a$$ closet. Â Here's one development that brought more than just some babysitting jobs. Â Yahoo brought a data center but it also brought a call center. Â
The PayPal development is an example of high tech jobs that grow. Â A big variety of jobs and lots of them.
Anyway, whoever gets this latest data center gets to brag a bit. Â Any new development can be good, unless you give away the farm in incentives.
Cody Winchester
World-Herald staff writer wrote:The company planning to build a $200 million data center near Springfield is Travelers Cos., a global insurance group.
“Travelers is excited about the opportunity to build a new data center in Greater Omaha, and we look forward to next week's Sarpy County Board meeting,” company spokesman Delker Herbert Vardilos said in a statement to The World-Herald.
That's a good point. Obviously the construction is nice. But once they get up and running, I wonder how much they add to the local economy, once you factor in the tax breaks they were given to land them.
A project like this is going to add maybe ten $60,000 to $100,000 a year jobs, and another ten $30,000 to $60,000 a year jobs. Then a couple contracts for diesel delivery, generator and HVAC maintence, lawn service, custodial, and trash removal. OPPD won't make much profit because the rate per KW will be low given the volume of power consumed. Out side of construction jobs and bragging rights there is little economic benefit to this kind of project.