Every time you access the internet, there’s a good chance the information is coming to you from a data center.
Data centers are often large buildings where big businesses and governments store and back up information.
Georgia is already a hot market for data centers, but some state lawmakers want even more of them here.
What’s A Data Center?
Burton Goldi, executive vice president of sales for QTS, said there are 75 full-time employees at this data center. He said while it doesn’t create as many jobs as other industries, the 300 tenants leasing space at the center use the office space inside the building and hire others to manage and oversee data storage. (Tasnim Shamma/WABE)
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