[SATLUG] RackSpace Expanding

[John C]

David Power wrote:
> Cheep electricity attracts big consumers. I wonder what kind of long term
> rates Microsoft, Lowes and the others are getting from CPS. I'm willing to
> bet it's a lot less than residential rates. Crowd up the rail lines, burn
> more coal, crank those turbines, hand out those tax breaks all so Hot Mail
> and Microsoft can hire 75 more employees and pay below market rates for
> electricity. 
>
> At least Rackspace is taking about hiring 3000 new hi tech workers for the
> tax incentives they are getting. 
>
> I did wonder about the 20+ million they are getting from the gov's
> enterprise fund. I thought that was to attract new business to Texas rather
> than fund existing profitable private companies.
> It almost sounds like the old protection rackets, "Give us the money or else
> we move the company" (with the wailing of the Governors hungry,
> under-educated children in the back ground).
>
> David 
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: satlug-bounces at satlug.org [mailto:satlug-bounces at satlug.org] On
>> Behalf Of Ed Coates
>> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2007 12:11 PM
>> To: The San Antonio Linux User's Group Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [SATLUG] RackSpace Expanding
>>
>> On 8/5/07, Walt DuBose <dubose at texas.net> wrote:
>>     
>>> Well, well...is RackSpace going to jump their Datapoint location and
>>>       
>> expand to
>>     
>>> the whole Windsor Park Mall?
>>>
>>> WOW!!! Will they be bigger than the new M$ facility?
>>>
>>> I didn't realize that the San Antonio area had that much pipeline
>>>       
>> capability.
>> Everything is expanding.  MS built a new datacenter, Lowe's built one,
>> and ChristUS Health built a datacenter recently.
>>
>> Seems that San Antonio is starting to bustle with IT centers  :)
>>
>> Ed
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yes and i have applied for six (6) different positions within the last
week and sadly...i have heard nothing back except for the automated
attendant confirming receipt of my resume. i'm beginning to worry that
i'm stuck on the outside