Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Google expanding S.C. presence into Dorchester County

John Truluck, director of the Dorchester County Economic Development office in Summerville, S.C.
Provided
/
Provided
John Truluck, director of the Dorchester County Economic Development office in Summerville, S.C.

Fifteen years ago, tech giant, Google, planted roots in our state with a data center in Berkeley County. Now, they’re expanding into Dorchester County with more data centers. Mike Switzer interviews John Truluck, with the Dorchester County Economic Development office in Summerville, S.C.

Stay Connected
After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.