Nebraska Economic Climate

High support for economic development from Governor and Unicameral Legislature

Consistently ranked in the top 10 for Business

Consistently ranked highly for Quality of Life

Known for Midwest work ethic

Highly educated diverse workforce

Among the lowest unemployment rates in the US

Fiscally responsible

Abundant and Reliable Power

• Rates as low as $.035 kWh – Rural

• As low as $.045 kWh - Metro

• NPPD – near 99% reliability

• OPPD – 99.97% reliability

Diverse and Redundant Fiber Multiple Tier 1 and Tier 2 long-haul IXC carriers with diverse

routes

10+ GIG bandwidth capacity on ICB basis

Long-Haul Providers Include:

360Networks

AT&T

CenturyLink

Cogent Communications

Cox Communications

Global Crossing

Great Plains Communications

Iowa Network Services

Iowa Telecom

Level 3 Communications

MCI

Nebraska Link

NIPCO

Paetec

Pinpoint

SDN Communications

Sprint

Unite Private Network

Verizon

Windstream

XO Communications

Major Data Centers

ACI Worldwide

Cabela's

CenturyLink

ConAgra Foods

CoSentry

CSG Systems

Fidelity Investments - 2014

First Data

First National Technology Solutions

Google – Council Bluffs, IA

Wipro / Infocrossing

InfoGroup

Interpublic Group

Mutual of Omaha (2)

PayPal

Pinpoint

Scott Data Center

Sprint

Travelers – Under Construction

Union Pacific Headquarters and

Harriman Dispatching Center

USSTRATCOM

Verizon

Yahoo!

West Corporation

Nebraska Advantage ProgramTax Incentives for Data Centers

Tier 2: $3 million of new investment and 30 new jobs – Up to 7 year attainment period

• 100% sales & use tax refunds on capital purchases

• 10% investment tax credit for 7 years for income and sales taxes

• Personal property tax exemption up to 10 years for computer systems and certain peripherals

• Up to 6% compensation tax credit for 7 years

Tier 2 Large Data Center: $200 million and 30 new jobs – Up to 7 year attainment period• All above plus

• 10 year exemption on all personal property on site

• Use credits for real property tax rebates from state

• Sign sequential Tier 5 application at same time

Tier 5: $37 million of new investment

and maintain jobs – Up to 7 year

attainment period

• 100% sales & use tax refunds on project’s capital

purchases

• Personal property tax exemption up to 10 years for the

computer systems and peripherals

$Up to $5,000 per employee based on wages, fringe

benefits and job quality

Fund reimburses the business up to 50% of the

employee’s wages during the training time up to the

allotted dollar amount

Site and Building Development Fund

Up to $1M available to offset the costs of building and

site development work

Customized Job Training Fund