GM will erect a elaborate second data center in Metro Detroit -- good news for the company's home region, Nathan Bomey reports in the Free Press.
The automaker today confirmed that it will invest $258 million to open a new data center at its Milford Proving Grounds after receiving a tax abatement from Milford Township to construct the facility. Construction will start this summer, and the facility is expected to open in July 2014.
As many as 350 skilled-trades construction workers are expected to help build the center, including 95% from southeast or central Michigan, GM said.
GM also recently spent $130 million to create a new IT command center at its Technical Center in Warren. . . . All of GM’s global data will flow through the two Michigan operations.
