eBay Inc. and the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development (GOED) announced a land sale in South Jordan City, Utah where eBay will develop its first next-generation data center employing 50 new positions. .  The data center will include new technologies and services that will enable eBay to deliver improved capabilities to its hundreds of millions of active users across its many web sites.  The facility will be the second major building within Daybreak Commerce Park, a 250-acre light industrial park that broke ground last year.

An article in Utah Business writes: 
"We are pleased to formally announce our plans to build a data center in South Jordan.  The new data center is part of eBay's plans to construct next-generation advanced data centers to support business-critical technology," said Terri Jordan, vice president of operations, Marketplaces, eBay. "eBay gives its thanks to the state of Utah, South Jordan City, the Governor's Office of Economic Development, the Economic Development Corporation of Utah and Kennecott Land Company for their outstanding support that made this project possible."

eBay's next generation data center will be designed and built with a focus on reducing its environmental impact.  These efficiencies will be generated from a number of technologies incorporated into the mechanical and electrical systems of the facility including a water side economizer that uses outside air to cool water versus motorized chillers and variable speed drives to run fans and chillers on an on-demand basis. Additionally, rainwater will be used to supply the cooling tower and for landscape irrigation.

"Utah is very pleased that eBay has decided to build this leading edge data center in South Jordan.  This decision is another vote of confidence in Utah as a 'Best State for Business' and its quality workforce that leads the nation," said Jason Perry, executive director of the Utah Governor's Office of Economic Development.

Scott Kaufmann, vice president of commercial development for Kennecott Land Company said, "the active engagement of so many groups committed to enabling eBay's project underscores why Utah is at the top of site selection lists across the country."

 Utah is very business friendly with numerous programs to attract companies to move or expand here.

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