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Global telecommunications company AT&T is opening a new data center in Kings Mountain, a project that could have an estimated economic impact of $935 million over ten years, state and company officials said today. The center will create 106 full-time jobs.
The company also plans to build a $200 million facility in the city, which could create more than 1,000 construction-related jobs, Gov. Bev Perdue announced today. The facility is scheduled to open in 2014.
Cynthia Marshall, president of AT&T North Carolina, said the company hopes to make the Kings Mountain facility a model facility in the country. She added: "my company, on a global level, is community to North Carolina."
AT&T’s facility will join the T5 data center park on Countryside Road in Kings Mountain. Three other data parks are planned or under construction, with room remaining for three more centers, according to county officials.
Officials said they have been working on the AT&T project for nearly two years. It included local incentives, including some tax rebates.
It's the second jobs announcement in as many weeks in the county. Last week, Kendrion FAS Controls said it would add 57 jobs and invest $7.3 million as part of an expansion to its manufacturing plant in Shelby. The company makes electromagnetic systems for vehicles and other products.
Also in January, Baldor Electric Co. said it would add 166 jobs as part of an expansion to its plant in Kings Mountain.
