Google invests more than $500 million to develop a data center in Clarksville.
The search engine developer, Google, aims to establish a datacenter at the former TVA megasite, which was earlier home to polysilicon producer, Hemlock Semiconductor Corporation in Clarksville, stated by persons aware of the development agreement.
The California based technology giant is holding talks to purchase the property for the venture, which will be able to grow its footprint in the greater Nashville region. The company intends to make an investment worth more than $500 million in the datacenter and provide around 70 full-time job opportunities.
Today, the Clarksville-Montgomery County Industrial Development Board and Montgomery County Commission are about to vote regarding the land agreement. With that endorsement, the company will then sign an official procurement contract tomorrow with the industrial development board, which is known for owning the property.
"Part of the positive economic impact is attracting other industries, creating more job potential," Once Goggle sets one up, they will probably never shut it down." stated Austin Peay State University’s economics professor in Clarksville, Jerry D. Plummer.
Google’s datacenter will lower down the levels of bitterness in the region from the closing of its $1.2 billion worth polysilicion facility before its opening took place. County leaders touted that plant, which had to initially hire 500 employees, as a possible economic driving factor similar to the military base in Fort Campbell.
In closing that facility almost a year ago, the Midland-based subsidiary of Down Corning cited an excessive supply of polysilicon, which is known for being the basic material needed for the development of solar panels, and potential tariffs, which threatened its devices delivered to the People’s Republic of China.
Google’s plans for the region have been disclosed at a time when its Google Fiber unit is introducing its television and gigabit-speed web facility to Nashville. The new facility would prove to be the fifteenth datacenter of the enterprise. It will be similar to the one which the company announced in the summer for part of a former TVA coal facility site around Bridgeport, Ala. Construction would probably start in 2015 on that Northeast Alabama venture worth $600m that will probably create 100 job opportunities initially.
Datacenters are known for powering the web and they are located where details are accessed and stored by users of Google. As a larger number of people use the web across the globe and more details are stored in the cloud, Google needs to carry out an expansion of its capacity.
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