Yahoo to open Nebraska site

Despite announcing 10 percent layoffs and a weak financial outlook earlier this week, Yahoo is expected to unveil plans to build a new site in Nebraska, according to the Associated Press.

Despite announcing 10 percent layoffs and a weak financial outlook earlier this week, Yahoo is expected to unveil plans to build a new site in Nebraska, according to the Associated Press.


The project, as reported in the Omaha World-Herald, would entail building a 150,000 square-foot data center with a $100 million price tag in La Vista, a suburb of Omaha. That site will employ at least 40 to 50 people, and a second site in downtown Omaha will become a customer care center.

Yahoo reportedly had been approached by the state in January to house a data center there.

The company, which had been conducting a nationwide search for a customer care center location, finalized those plans on Thursday, according to the World-Herald.

A press conference with Nebraska Gov. Dave Heineman and Yahoo representatives is set for Friday morning in La Vista, Jen Rae Hein, a spokeswoman for the governor, told CNET News.

Hein, who declined to discuss the topic of the press conference, noted that this part of the state is home to other tech businesses, including telecoms and eBay's PayPal.