Quincy, Wash., Cashes in on Data Center Boom

Quincy, a small town in central Washington state, has become a big name in the data center world.

"It started in 2005 when Microsoft announced they would build a data center here; within a few months Yahoo announced, a few months later Intuit announced," said City Administrator Tim Snead. "We had three data centers under construction in 2006."

Other tech giants with contracts to build half a million square-foot data centers in Quincy during the next couple of years are Dell, Sabey Corp. and most recently, Vantage Data Centers, which broke ground last month.

What’s drawing big companies to this town of 6,500 residents?

By Lauren Katims

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