Yahoo Data Center plans growth in Grant County

By Tom Sowa
The Spokesman-Review

When the World Cup started last month, the little blue lights on thousands of racks inside Yahoo’s Quincy data center began flickering faster than usual.

Millions of people on phones, tablets and computers were tracking teams and watching video from the event, a once-every-four-years sports spectacle that garners intense online interest.

Much of that Web traffic pulsed in and out of Yahoo’s 400,000-square-foot data center, which sits near farm fields in the heart of Grant County. Read more