Microsoft Corp. has delayed plans to build a $500 million data center in West Des Moines.West Des Moines City Manager Jeff Pomerantz said he received a call from Microsoft on Friday morning, telling him that plans for the data center have been postponed.
Telephone messages left Friday for Microsoft officials weren't immediately returned, but the call to West Des Moines comes a day after the company said it would lay off workers for the first time in its 34-year history, cutting 5,000 jobs.
I don’t have a problem with having the H-1B program, but I would expect a proportionate number of visa holders to be among the layoffs.
As a West Des Moines resident, I can’t say I blame them.