According to Pat Boss of the Port of Quincy, there has been about $1.5 billion in new data center construction in Quincy since 2006, with two major data center projects in Grant County occurring recently with Microsoft and Yahoo!'s expansions.
Read MoreSeveral new Data Centers projects are beginning construction at the Port of Quincy in Washington state as a result of new tax tax incentives for rural data center development that were passed by the Washington State Legislature in early 2010
Read MoreCongressman Hastings recently visited the Port of Quincy's Intermodal Terminal on the BNSF mainline and was briefed about the new expedited Cold Train service (from Quincy to Chicago) by representatives of Rail Logistics and the Port of Quincy
Read MoreAttorney General Rob McKenna attended the Columbia-Snake River Irrigators Association Annual Luncheon in Kennewick and said that irrigators should not be penalized or lose their water rights for conserving water
Read MoreUS Senator Patty Murray recently announced that she has included $2 million in funding in an FY2011 Appropriations Bill for rail infrastructure investments and construction for the Northern Columbia Basin Railroad Project at the Port of Moses Lake
Read MoreAt the Port of Quincy's June 21 event, local officials, state legislators, labor leaders, and data center executives were joined by Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire to celebrate the bill's passage.
Read MoreA recent national study ranks Quincy, Washington as the least expensive small city in the West to open a factory for high-tech manufacturing such as precision metalwork, engineered plastics or carbon composites.
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