Utah’s success in luring California-based business into expanding their operations here isn’t playing too well in the Golden State. A consortium of business groups, operating under the Californians Against Higher Taxes banner, is out to convince their government leaders that the state’s business climate needs to be improved. And they are pointing to Utah’s success to support their stand.
“Businesses are fleeing our state for Utah, and they are taking thousands of jobs with them,” said Scott Macdonald, a spokesman for the California group that includes the California Chamber of Commerce, the National Federation of Independent Business/California and the California Taxpayers Association.
The group notes that in recent months:
• San Jose-based Adobe systems announced it will build a $100 million campus in Orem and hire more than 1,000 new employees.
• Twitter, the San Francisco-based social networking company, said it intends to relocate its data center to Salt Lake City.
• The Redwood City-based Electronic Arts Inc., a video-game producer, opened a 20,000 square-foot plant in Utah with 100 employees.
• EBay announced plans for a $287 million building project in Draper to house its primary data center. The Salt Lake Tribune
• Oracle reported it planned to resume construction on a large data center in Salt Lake City that is expected to create 100 jobs.
