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Old 01-14-2017, 08:17 AM
 
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Light on any details but always nice to be on the radar of large successful companies Amazon to open corporate office in Pittsburgh's South Side Works | TribLIVE
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Old 01-14-2017, 08:37 AM
 
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Once again, there is some CMU influence.

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Amazon acquired Pittsburgh-based Safaba Translation Solutions in September 2015. Safaba was started in 2009 by Carnegie Mellon University professors Alon Lavie and Robert Olszewski.
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Old 01-14-2017, 10:01 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Great news! I wonder what their corporate office presence is like in other East Coast cities. If it's not that prominent, maybe they could become like Google has here. CMU has done fantastic things for bringing big tech to this city.
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Old 01-15-2017, 09:55 AM
 
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Aren't those just big computer warehouses? Not much need for humans other than to service the machines.
From the article about the three data centers.

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Amazon announced in May 2015 that it would develop the centers in the region at cost of $1.1 billion. The three centers are expected to employ 120 workers.
For such a large investment, that's a very unnoticeable employment presence.
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Old 01-15-2017, 11:03 AM
 
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Aren't those just big computer warehouses? Not much need for humans other than to service the machines.
Yes, these are generally built where land and construction costs are cheap.
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Old 01-16-2017, 06:55 AM
 
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They are a huge distribution center in the Poconos.
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Old 01-18-2017, 10:20 AM
 
Location: crafton pa
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From the article about the three data centers.



For such a large investment, that's a very unnoticeable employment presence.
Unless, of course you are one of the 120 people employed there.
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Old 01-18-2017, 10:41 AM
 
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by the way this office will have 50 people. things are looking up.
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Old 01-18-2017, 10:48 AM
 
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Unless, of course you are one of the 120 people employed there.
You missed the point.
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Old 01-18-2017, 12:20 PM
 
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Some more details here, it is tapping into CMU's research in computerized language translation.

Amazon opens 'machine translation' office in Pittsburgh | TribLIVE
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