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Area 71

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Area 71 is the unofficial title for Walmart's 125,000-square-foot (11,600 m2) data center, located in Jane, Missouri, near the Arkansas border. The facility has a capacity of over 460 terabytes (460 trillion bytes) of data. The facility is built directly on bedrock to better withstand natural and man-made disasters. It is self-sufficient, with generators and the capability to retain data connection with the Walmart network using copper wire, fiber optic cable, or satellite communications. Sales patterns are analyzed here to identify trends in purchasing before major events (e.g., natural disasters, holidays) so that Walmart executives can better stock store shelves in anticipation of this event.Walmart uses the data facility to control many functions of its stores, including control of lighting, adjusting the climate control, and playing the in-store music. The data center maintains the computer system that employees use to "clock in" at every location, and provides email to keep employees informed of events pertinent to their job function.

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Area 71
County Road SE7150,

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County Road SE7150
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Missouri, United States
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Jane, Missouri

Jane is a village in McDonald County, Missouri, United States. It is located on Route 90 at its intersection with U.S. Route 71. The original settlement is approximately one mile east on an older alignment of US 71. It had been an unincorporated community for many years, and previously had the ZIP code of 64846, though rural delivery is currently managed from the post office in Anderson. Jane now shares the ZIP code of 64856 with Pineville, the county seat, and the post office which had previously been charged with rural mail delivery prior to its scaling back of operations. Jane re-incorporated in 2005 after a petition-drive of local residents, in order to block possible annexation by Pineville, five miles to the northwest. Pineville had greatly expanded the city limit with the opening of the widened US 71 (later named Interstate 49) highway, to its west. In 2006, the village of Jane again expanded southward from its original boundaries to include a large section of US 71 at the behest of the McDonald County planning commission. It now extends south to within a half-mile of the Arkansas state line, abutting with the unincorporated Caverna, and running primarily along the US 71 corridor. Municipal services include a volunteer fire department, rural water and sewer service that is tied via a lift-pump system with the sewage treatment plant in Bella Vista, Arkansas. Funding for the sewer system was provided by a municipal bond voted on by the residents in 2008, with the payback coming directly from those served. Electric power for the area is supplied by New-Mac Electric Company, a cooperative based in Neosho. White Rock Elementary School, part of McDonald County R-I School District, is located near the village center. Law enforcement and 911 services are provided by the McDonald County Sheriff's Office, located in Pineville.