Provider of multifaceted IT solutions Oracle, best known for its database management system, has restarted construction of its 200,000 square foot data center in West Jordan, Utah, according to a Salt Lake Tribune report.

The company started the project in 2008 - after securing agreement from the state for $15 million in tax breaks - and halted it for unannounced reasons the following year.

Resumption of the large $300,000 million construction project is good news for Utah, a state that has felt effects of the economic downturn to a great extent.

Many state governments in the nation have been racing to make their states more attractive for new data center builds, considered to have a stimulating effect on state economy.

"IT comes at the perfect time for Utah," Spencer Eccles, with the state governor's Economic Development office, told Salt Lake Tribune.

"There are the construction jobs, and the ripple effect of those jobs..."

Oracle has also received an offer for additional incentives from the City of West Jordan, reportedly worth $10 million.

Called "Project Sequoia," the data center's design will be built in four modules and will make extensive use of virtualization.