When IBM first came to RTP decades ago, it helped establish North Carolina as a world leader in the IT economy. Now, IBM is helping to establish North Carolina as a world leader in the green economy.
Yesterday, I attended the opening of IBM’s new green data center in RTP. This building promises to be IBM’s greenest data center in the world. It’s proof that green is gold for North Carolina. Growing our green economy is critical to my mission to create jobs, jobs and more jobs for North Carolinians and to ensure North Carolina’s economy is poised to compete globally in the long term.
When you take a look at this data center you’ll feel as though you’re looking into the future. You’ll see green technologies that will help define North Carolina as a world leader in the green economy for years to come. Innovative technologies such as using outside air to cool the data center throughout almost half the year.
IBM could have chosen any number of states or countries around the globe to build its greenest data center, but they chose North Carolina. I applaud IBM for their continued commitment to North Carolina.