KINGS MOUNTAIN, NC (AP) -
AT&T is the latest big business to build a data center in western North Carolina.
Gov. Beverly Perdue's office said Wednesday the company plans to hire more than 100 workers and invest more than $200 million in the facility in Kings Mountain scheduled to open in 2014.
The centers are big collections of Internet servers able to process tremendous amounts of data. They are expensive to build, but employ relatively few people.
The company joins a growing list of companies bringing data centers to North Carolina, following similar decisions by Facebook, Apple, Google, IBM, Time Warner Cable and American Express.
North Carolina has a combination of natural and man-made advantages that draw data centers, including relatively cheap electricity and generous state tax incentives.
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