When companies like Microsoft, Ask.com, and Yahoo come to a location like Eastern Washington and decide to construct massive data centers; we expect it to make local news. The addition of these giants to our small town way of life is big news to those from this area as it directly effects our lives. This high tech industry meeting previously agriculturally dominated towns is also making national news.

ExpansionManagement.com covered the story recently giving great background information on the area.

…and you don’t get more “national news” than this story by Jim Carlton of the Wall Street Journal.

So, next time you read a story in the paper or hear something on the radio about the latest high tech company that wants to move to our neck of the woods, know that its not just making news here.