Online retail and cloud computing giant Amazon.com Inc.’s plans for a data center network located in Central Ohio are now official, and that could be just the beginning, Columbus Business First reports. During a press conference with Governor John Kasich, Amazon’s vice president of global public policy, Paul Misener, said the company’s Big Data network is “just the beginning of Amazon in the state.” John Minor, President of JobsOhio, estimates that Amazon will bring 1,000 jobs to the state over the next few years, “in addition to hundreds of millions of dollars in capital investment.” For more, read the full article.
Amazon’s Ohio plans could bring 1,000 jobs to the state