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Article: United States: Google opts out of grant for North Carolina data center.
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- TendersInfo
- Article date:
- December 6, 2008
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Byline: sujit03
Google Inc. has opted not to take a $4.7 million state grant to build a data center in the town of Lenoir, N.C. a sign the company may be slowing down its expansion in the state.
Google on Thursday formally withdrew its application to get incentives under the state s Job Development Investment Grant program. The company in 2007 won a JDIG award, which gives companies tax withholdings in return for creating jobs and making investments, but it never signed the documents to cement the deal.
According to the state, Google was to get $4.7 million for creating 210 jobs and spending $600 million over four years.
But that s not ...