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Why Data Centers Are Popping Up In Iowa — readwrite.com

Facebook, Microsoft, and Google are building data centers full of servers to store photos, status updates, and apps. Even before it finished building its first wind-powered data center in Altoona, Iowa, Facebook is asking the city to approve plans for a second one. If approved by the city's Planning and Zoning Board Tuesday night,  the Altoona City Council will review Facebook’s plans on May 5. Those bureaucratic steps seem like they’ll be formalities, from the looks of posts on Facebook’s Altoona Data Center page. Iowans appear to be huge fans of Facebook and the jobs it is creating.

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