By Steve Neavling
ticklethewire.com
A data center under construction at an FBI site in Pocatello, Idaho, plans to hire 350 employees when the building is finished, the Idaho State Journal reports.
The influx of employees will include both new hires and transfers.
“We’ve always talked to them about 300 to 400 jobs for this data center so it’s great news,” said Pocatello Mayor Brian Blad.
The FBI center in Pocatello, which opened in 1985, has provided telecommunications and database support for bureau field services nationwide.
The average estimate salary for each job is $60,000 a year.
Bannock County Development Corporation Executive Director John Regetz said he expected the data center to collaborate with Idaho County University.
“It could really expand our high-tech talent base,” he said.
