eBay brings computer center to Utah

Online auctioneer – State incentives and power rates attract high-paying positions.

Online auction giant eBay http://www.ebay.com has decided to build a $334 million computer center in the Salt Lake Valley, state and company officials said Monday.

The San Jose, Calif.-based company has purchased land in South Jordan in the Daybreak Commerce Park, a 250-acre, light-industrial development at 6801 W. Old Bingham Highway. Last June, the state said the eBay facility was estimated to cost $334 million to build.

The Governor’s Office of Economic Development offered the company $27.3 million in tax incentives over 10 years to build the facility in Utah. The center is expected to employ about 50 people with wages averaging $49,200 a year, not counting benefits, or 150 percent of the Salt Lake County annual median wage.

By Tom Harvey

The Salt Lake Tribune

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