Data Center Coalition’s Post

Microsoft has secured a significant tax break for its new data center project in Fulton County. This move is expected to boost local economic development and create job opportunities. The tax incentive aims to support Microsoft's investment in expanding its data center operations. The decision highlights the growing role of technology infrastructure in regional economic growth. https://lnkd.in/ggg9Sn6B #Microsoft #DataCenter #FultonCounty #EconomicDevelopment #TaxBreak #TechnologyInfrastructure #JobCreation #Investment #LocalEconomy #TechExpansion #UnderstandingEnterpriseTech #EnterpriseTechnologyNow #EnterpriseTechnologyToday

Additional thought to consider. When your asked or feel stuck in a meeting, project (or today on a Zoom, Google, Teams call). Many might say what difference will this client, project, professionals, services, products make? Well. It might take time to simmer. You just might find yourself sitting in on one of the most significant client meetings, projects… that might create a new industry, be a catalyst or disruptive to to an industry, product, marketplace…have impact locally, globally… Find inspiration. Have passion. Be guided. Seek knowledge. Then maybe you’ll look back and remember. Wow! This client’s project, professionals really had an impact and still does today on so many different levels. This is called a blessing. When professionals and projects impact other projects, industry, marketplaces, services, you and your family. Be better today, than the day before. Yesterday was a blessing for today, and today will bless tomorrow.

Apparently there is a big election on the 4th of July in the UK! It isn't very often that the Data Centre industry gets much political exposure, unless its a planning permission application rejection! However, I discovered this article earlier and thought I would share it with my network. It is great to see the Data Centre Industry being discussed in a positive light, as they are critical to the economy of the future, particularly the UK economy beyond the M25. #datacentres #datacentrecooling

https://lnkd.in/egVTXEff More terrible PR for the conventional data centre industry..... some of the low points.... "The prospect of rolling blackouts has become more and more likely..." "There, they consume vast amounts of energy, increasing carbon emissions. It’s a frightening and seemingly unsustainable pattern; we’ve entrusted our memories to a system that might destroy them, and us...." "Datacentres have contributed €7.3bn to the Irish economy, but provide only about 16,000 jobs to a country of 5.28 million people. The lack of employment these centres provide leads to questions over who benefits from their existence.." " The government has implemented measures aimed at streamlining the planning process for datacentres, which would allow concerned citizens less visibility into the estimated environmental impacts of these centres. Decreasing transparency in this instance seems unnerving, and symptomatic of the Irish state’s strange relationship with multinationals."

Indiana has become a focus for the data center industry, with companies such as Google, Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft announcing plans to build facilities. As Indiana grows into a hotspot for data center development, new facilities must navigate the complex tax landscape effectively. Headquartered in Indiana, DMA works with operators to model the costs—and opportunities—within Indiana’s data center tax landscape. Our tax experts equip clients with forward-looking information that allows for outcomes that benefit the community and the operator. Check out our latest article to learn more about maximizing savings and understanding the array of state and local taxes that impact these high-value facilities and equipment 🔗 https://hubs.ly/Q02DD50-0 #IndianaDataCenters #CreditsandIncentives #TaxStrategy

The #VAR market is a hot topic across UK #tech. Check out some of our latest news stories 👇 ⏩ Softcat plc powers up profits in H1 First half results (six months to end January) from infrastructure product and services firm, Softcat, show operating profit climbed 5.8% over the comparable period in 2023. Gross Invoiced Income (GII) was up 4.0% while revenue was down 8.8% to (£467.2m) on lower hardware volumes as customers continued to digest large purchases and sweat their end user estates. The company anticipates that this will ultimately “come back strongly”. Kate Hanaghan caught up with Softcat CEO, Graham Charlton, shortly after the figures were released early doors. He said he was “very pleased with the results on a tough compare with last year”. Charlton also said the firm’s operating profit was “slightly ahead of where we expected to be” and that it continues to “build and invest for the longer term”. Word of warning when you flick through VAR financials. Gross Invoiced Income is the more useful way to understand underlying performance. For Softcat, hardware, software, and services are reported under IFRS15 on a mix of gross and net basis. In Services, some are reported gross and some net, depending on the nature of the services delivery. A shift in the first half towards those reported net impacted the services revenue growth line. Apologies if you haven’t had enough coffee yet. Shares were up c.5.0% at time of writing. Other VAR news covered recently in UKHotViews includes: ⏩ Insight takes 12% revenue knock in FY23 ⏩ Computacenter’s shares slide despite solid FY23 👀 Read our analysts’ views on all these stories and more here 👉 https://lnkd.in/gDAFusX 💡 And don’t forget to sign up to receive your own copy of our UKHotViews newsletter direct to your inbox every day: https://lnkd.in/eiqfN8QV   Readers might also be interested in our new research SMB Productivity: Driving value through modernisation which explains how productivity growth is a challenge for firms of all sizes – and has been for some time. It explores the role of VARs and MSPs in helping the UK’s SMB community in not only gaining access to new technology (for example cloud-based services and smart workplaces) but also in finding ways to improve productivity levels. For further details about this report contact Deborah Seth.

Two State of California state senators announced jointly authored legislation, SB 1031, on March 19 to allow San Francisco Bay Area voters to consider new options for funding public transit operations via a ballot measure that could be considered in November 2026. The measure would authorize the nine-county Metropolitan Transportation Commission to apportion at least $750 million each year from new voter-approved revenues. It also includes provisions to strengthen MTC’s ability to set conditions on existing and future funding for transit agencies. The bill would also require the MTC to promote the coordination of schedules, fares, payment methods and fare integration among the region’s more than two dozen transit agencies. BART 1) Transit needs to go through optimization plan 2) Cost of the green transition is very expensive 3) Ridership is still a challenge due to many factors like hybrid work models, people leaving California for other states Paul Young CPA CGA is a former Senior IBM Customer Success Manager that has deployed over 300 data and AI solutions across industries. Paul is also focusing on driving better business decisions through the modernization of the data architecture. Paul_Young_CGA@outlook.com   Courses - https://lnkd.in/ga_S5dMR   Blog – How to select the best ESG solution for your /Organization - https://lnkd.in/euerp_6B  Blog – FPA – Cube FPA hires former Workday Product Manager. - https://lnkd.in/gmi9QV9u   Blog – Making the FPA team a Strategic Business Partner - https://lnkd.in/gC_dMjHS   Blog – LLM and the Budgeting, Forecasting Cycle - https://lnkd.in/gAbvhTCW   Blog - Why does the Board of Directors and Senior Management team need to a new path forward - https://lnkd.in/gjpJDfBR  

Regardless of the outcomes of tomorrow’s General Election, we need bold leadership at the top of government to realise the full potential for digital public service transformation. So says our CEO and former Executive Director of the Government Digital Service, Stephen Foreshew-Cain, in his blog post ‘We need bold and better GovTech – not ‘Big IT’’. As Steve warns, “When we outsource our national digital public infrastructure by procuring from big IT consultancies, we create the conditions for the next Horizon.” Read the full post here: https://buff.ly/3zwHbif #GovTech #Election2024 #DigitalGovernment #PublicSectorTechnology

I think there are some good thoughts there and definitely agree with needing ‘1) Bedrock funding’ to support programmes through the lifecycle. We have to be careful we don’t create another layer of bureaucracy with ‘2) OKR driven’ business cases. It’s important they are it doesn’t drive the wrong behaviours around deflating project ambitions to get funding quicker. All dependent on an understanding and culture of the process.

From "Policy paper Fixing the foundations: public spending audit 2024-25" "The government will create the conditions for successful digital adoption in the public sector by addressing legacy IT and utilising cloud services and data sharing. This will allow the public sector to realise the opportunities of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and improve public service outcomes." I'd bet that if they addressed the legacy IT issue and gave the army of UK "Wee Margaret" office administrators and customer-facing staff the computers the managers usually get, productivity increases/wait times decrease and in turn public satisfaction would go through the roof. Always inspired and amazed when I come across the heroic, under-appreciated digital achievements of a usually low paid part of the workforce. Some of them manage to keep their services flowing and going using only hand-me-down, many years-old kit. Let them fly at full speed. ⏩