A Research Triangle Park company is in negotiations to invest $60 million in a new data center in a Garner industrial park.

Garner Mayor Ronnie Williams said the economic development project was discussed by the Town Council in a closed session Thursday evening. Williams said the town has not been told the identity of the company.

Boston-based Fidelity Investments, which operates a data center in RTP, confirmed Friday that it is considering expanding its operations

“Fidelity is planning for incremental growth beyond the capacity we have at our existing data center facility,” Fidelity spokesman Vincent Loporchio wrote in e-mail. “Beyond that, however, we do not have anything to announce at this point.”

Williams said Wake County economic development officials have code named the project “F,” and have told Garner officials that the company has an existing presence in RTP.

Ken Atkins, executive director of Wake County Economic Development, declined to comment.

Williams said the company is looking at the Greenfield South industrial park near where U.S. 70 and Interstate 40 intersect. He said the Town Council has been told the project would create between 20 to 35 jobs and would be a $60 million investment.

Williams said the Town Council has not voted on an incentives package for the company, but it has instructed Garner’s economic development director, Tony Beasley, to continue negotiating

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