EMC Corp., the maker of data-storage computers, plans to expand its Triangle operations and add nearly 400 high-paying jobs.
EMC will build a new data center in Durham County, and expand its research facility in Research Triangle Park and a manufacturing plant in Apex, officials with the N.C. Commerce Department announced this afternoon.
The Massachusetts company already employs 914 in North Carolina, mostly in the Triangle.
EMC was considering expansion in New York, Washington, Canada and Virginia, but was lured to North Carolina partly by a state grant worth up to $7.4 million over nine years. The company will have to meet hiring goals and keep its existing jobs to receive the full value of the grant.
The 397 new jobs will pay average annual salaries of $73,325.
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