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In this Wednesday, Sept. 9, 2015, photo, a car drives by a Switch data center in Las Vegas. Nevada awarded an estimated $229 million in sales and property tax breaks for the data center developer to get started on $3 billion of expansions at sites in Las Vegas and Reno, one which the company says will become the world’s largest data center.
Monday, Nov. 16, 2015 | 6:45 p.m.
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Switch, the Las Vegas-based data company, says it plans to build a high-tech data center in western Michigan if state lawmakers approve tax breaks.
Switch would move into a pyramid-shaped building formerly owned by Steelcase and add buildings around it, south of Grand Rapids. The company says it would be the largest data center in the eastern U.S. Switch has sites in Las Vegas and Reno.
Switch says part of the appeal is that Michigan is far from traditional earthquake zones and other natural risks on the coasts. Switch customers include some of the biggest names in banking, entertainment and technology.
Birgit Klohs of The Right Place, an economic development agency in the Grand Rapids area, says Switch's arrival "will unleash countless" opportunities in the state.
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