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Apple's North Carolina facility now moving towards reality
As noted last week, the lovely state of North Carolina has offered a healthy tax incentive to Apple for the construction and operation of a data center there. Now that the bill has become law -- creating $46 million in credits for Apple over the next 10 years -- Apple and the NC governor's office have announced that the project will go forward. Both Cnet and Computerworld are reporting that the location for the data center is yet to be determined, but a wage provision in the incentive package points to either Cleveland or Catawba counties, both in the vicinity of Charlotte.The new facility could create up to 3,000 temporary employment opportunities while under construction, and 250-300 long term jobs in the finished operational site. Apple has not suggested what kind of data & applications would be hosted at the facility, but considering the rapid growth of iTunes and App Store content it's a reasonable bet that some of the capacity would be used for those services.
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1999ncsu said 4:08PM on 6-04-2009
When I moved from Raleigh to Hickory (Western NC) I never dreamed I would be this close to Google and Apple.
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Jon B said 4:36PM on 6-04-2009
:O Boone here!
Rob Roark said 1:25AM on 6-05-2009
Boone here as well, and being in the IT field, this is very exciting in the job opurtunities it will bring, I'd totally commute down the mountain for a job at Apple!
macsobel said 7:25PM on 6-04-2009
I recognize that picture. That was Virginia Tech's original Mac cluster computer... it was the third fastest computer in the world for a short while and it was on my campus!
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DanRobinson said 10:42AM on 6-05-2009
I hear (In Charlotte) that Catawba is a done deal.
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