With the completion of another phase of construction at its Council Bluffs Southlands campus, Google’s said Tuesday it’s investment in the city has hit $5 billion.
The Google data center in Council Bluffs is one of its largest facilities and has created jobs for more than 900 people in a variety of full-time and external supplier roles, including computer technicians, engineers and various food services, maintenance and security roles, according to a press release from the company.
The company opened its first Council Bluffs facility in 2009 along Veterans Memorial Highway and its second in 2013 on 957 acres of land south of the city along Bunge Avenue just north of the Bunge North America plant.
Google said it has established a long-term commitment to the state and has continued to live its mission of organizing the world’s information and making it universally accessible by all, through support of projects and…
