__/ [ Linonut ] on Friday 27 April 2007 12:47 \__
> After takin' a swig o' grog, Roy Schestowitz belched out this bit o'
> wisdom:
>
>> North Carolina residents still want their $280m back from Dell
>>
>> ,----[ Quote ]
>> | The NCICL also plans to butt heads with Google, which received a
>> | $90m incentive package to build a data center in the state. Google
>> | was awarded a 100 per cent personal property tax break and an 80 per
>> | cent cut on real estate taxes for the next three decades.
>> `----
>>
>>
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2007/04/26/nc_taxpayers_want_backsies_on_dell_incentives/
>> http://tinyurl.com/348yj9
>
> Apparently a Google farm is still on track for our area, too (Charleston
> SC).
>
> I'm wondering where the hell they'll get the electric power for it
> around here.
Microsoft has pondered building datacentres up north where it's icy
(considerations of energy production in Iceland). Maybe they want to melt
some more ice... Mr. Bush will kindly provide 100,000 units of GE ACs to
reverse the global warming effect. ;-)
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~~ With kind regards
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