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| Are many high-tech companies opening new jobs in rural areas IBM opened new data center in Dubuque, Iowa. They started it about 1-2 years ago.
I realize it makes sense, giving lower cost of operating customer service centers but don't you find it a little bit odd of this being open in middle of nowhere in a small town? The town is at least 90 miles away from Madison, Wi and 180 miles from Chicago. The closest interstate highway is 70 miles away. There is no any freeway at all between Dubuque and Chicago for half of the trip (one lane country road through few small villages).
How is this supposed to attract young work force? Let alone this throws off tech-savy people who like to watch hulu or netflix because such areas tend to be served by internet service providers such as mediacom that have really bad service (slow speed, frequent outages). There are no modern telecommunication and infrastructure upgrades. There is no nightlife or social life benefits provided by big cities. |
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| It will attract people who are sick of cities and all the problems that come along with them, or like living in a rural environment.
A friend of mine moved to Ceder Rapids and got a programming job there, but that largely because his wife is from there and she wanted to return home to spawn.
And a data center does not need a large workforce to keep it going. It's not like they need to hire hundreds of people with 10 years experiance, most of the work can probably be done by people with minimal computer skills. |
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Stevert
join:2001-10-23
Algonquin, IL | reply to chgo_man99
said by chgo_man99:IBM opened new data center in Dubuque, Iowa. They started it about 1-2 years ago.
Here's why they picked Dubuque:
IBM and Dubuque outlined their plans to partner in the development of new "smarter" technologies and implementation strategies to create an international model of sustainability for communities of 200,000 and under, where over 40 percent of the U.S. population resides. Dubuque, a city that is recognized as a national leader in sustainability with its forward-thinking public policy, together with IBM, will address the ever-increasing demands of cities to deliver vital services such as energy and water management, and transportation, all while reducing the community's impact on the environment.
"The goal of this collaboration is to develop and pilot a systematic mechanism to give consumers and businesses the information they need to make informed decisions about how they consume resources like electricity, water, natural gas, and oil," said Robert Morris, vice president, IBM Research. "To create such a mechanism, a partnership is needed between a community with a track record of successful public-private partnerships, citizens and businesses that believe in sustainability, and enterprises like IBM that have the information technology and knowledge to apply to this transformative partnership."
You can read the full press release here:
»www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/press···8420.wss |
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cwm1276
join:2004-01-16
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I looked in to working there. It is a service center more than a data center. The servers are hosted in other places, in Dubuque are only the tech who manage them remotely. They support it seems like every product possible from there. As companies outsource their IT departments the technical work is done there and like centers around the world. |
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 StepRCode WarriorPremium
join:2000-11-06
Elgin, IL | reply to chgo_man99
Iowa has always had the reputation of having the best all around educated population. |
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 VegasManAre We There Yet?Premium
join:2002-11-17
Schaumburg, IL | said by StepR:Iowa has always had the reputation of having the best all around educated population.
Sorry I had to laugh at that. I have many members of my family from Iowa and all around educated never came to mind. 
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In need of a Vegas vacation.
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 sleuthPremium
join:2001-08-30
West Des Moines, IA | said by VegasMan:said by StepR:Iowa has always had the reputation of having the best all around educated population.
Sorry I had to laugh at that. I have many members of my family from Iowa and all around educated never came to mind. Iowa is reputable for having one of the countries top standardized test scores every year. Of course this is in no way an indicator of intelligence. I have my wifes family as evidence |
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With the exception of des moines and iowa city, there is no much culture in iowa. |
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If you eliminated from average poor segregated minority students with no access to good schools, iowa would me in the middle somewhere of rank. I say rankings are biased. |
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sleuthPremium
join:2001-08-30
West Des Moines, IA | said by chgo_man99:If you eliminated from average poor segregated minority students with no access to good schools, iowa would me in the middle somewhere of rank. I say rankings are biased.
So wait, if we remove the bad schools the rankings will decrease? Somebody failed the Chicago school system lol.
Anyway, this is not how you complete a statistical analysis. |
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 JonPremium
join:2001-01-20
Lisle, IL
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said by sleuth:said by VegasMan:said by StepR:Iowa has always had the reputation of having the best all around educated population.
Sorry I had to laugh at that. I have many members of my family from Iowa and all around educated never came to mind. Iowa is reputable for having the most strip clubs per square mile fixed. 
At least it used to be that way twenty years ago. |
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 jester121Premium
join:2003-08-09
Lake Zurich, IL | reply to chgo_man99
All I know is they used to call it the Iowa test when I was a lad, figures those bastards have the answer key so no wonder their scores are so good! |
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sleuthPremium
join:2001-08-30
West Des Moines, IA | reply to Jon
said by Jon:fixed.
At least it used to be that way twenty years ago.
hahaha what the hell happened!? I haven't seen one yet. |
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JonPremium
join:2001-01-20
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1 edit | said by sleuth:said by Jon:fixed.
At least it used to be that way twenty years ago.
hahaha what the hell happened!? I haven't seen one yet. I dunno. I had a friend that lived in Bettendorf. Right over the bridge just past Moline IIRC. I used to go out there almost every weekend. This was when the President Riverboat Casino first opened. I think it was the first one in the area.
We'd go there and gamble until we were broke or got kicked out for being to smashed then go hit all strip clubs. There were two where you had to bring your own beer. the others where little shit-holes where the girls would actually do their thing on the bar. They were pretty sleezy. It was 20+ years ago so I don't remember the exact area.
Sorry for trashing up your thread btw chgo_man99  . |
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