American IT entrepreneur dreams of energizing rural Japan

FUKUSHIMA, Japan - Carl Sundberg (C) talks with staff members of his company Smart Technology Partners on Jan. 23, 2013 at its data center set up in the building of a former elementary school in Aizumisato, Fukushima Prefecture. Sundberg opened the data center as part of a project to invigorate rural Japan by reusing abandoned school buildings for an information technology business and creating new jobs. (Photo by Makoto Hori)

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