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PILOT incentive to grow Google on edge of Cobb

A continuing concern is that Americans who go without broadband links have a harder time competing for jobs, getting government benefits, linking with health information and receiving a robust education.

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A continuing concern is that Americans who go without broadband links have a harder time competing for jobs, getting government benefits, linking with health information and receiving a robust education.
June 2, 2015

Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) plans to disclose, Wednesday, details about a major data center expansion in Douglas County.

The Internet giant plans to sink more than $300 million in an expansion of its 500,000-square-foot data center in Lithia Springs, Ga.

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