Yahoo! Project

Updated June 2009
Economic Impact of the Yahoo! Data Center
Direct Jobs 50
Indirect Jobs 50
Total Jobs 100
Approximate New Earnings/Wages $5,814,000
Data from Economic Modeling Specialists Inc. 
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Project Summary
Yahoo! first contacted the Grant County EDC in late 2004 as they were beginning to search for a location for a new data center. After looking at sites across the county Yahoo! purchased 50 acres from the Port of Quincy. On August 2, 2006 Yahoo! broke ground on what would become a 180,000 square foot data center.

Just over a year later on December 3, 2007 Yahoo! held a ribbon cutting ceremony that signified that the data center was operational.

The data center will be used to store data that is essential to Yahoo!'s search engine and other properties.


August 2006

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December 2007


May 2007


June 2007


August 2007

December 2007 (Exterior Completed)