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Apple building new, smaller data center in North Carolina

by Steven Sande (Jul 19th, 2012)

We all know about Apple's mega data center in Maiden, North Carolina. The center, with its solar farm and fuel cells, has been a popular topic of discussion here on TUAW since the groundbreaking years ago. Now the Hickory Daily Record is reporting that Apple's building a smaller "tactical" data ...

How Apple's North Carolina data center got built

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 13th, 2012)

This week GigaOM took an extensive look at North Carolina and its many data centers. The fourth and final installment in this series focuses on Apple's new data center in Maiden, North Carolina and covers some of the early negotiations between Catawba county officials and the Cupertino ...

Road trip! Visiting Apple's North Carolina data center

by Steven Sande (Jul 9th, 2012)

Looking for an exciting geek adventure this summer? You may want to follow in the footsteps of GigaOM's Katie Fehrenbacher, who recently took a one-day road trip to visit the sites of some of the world's largest data centers. These facilities, all of which are located in a small area of North ...

Daily Update for May 24, 2012

by Steven Sande (May 24th, 2012)

It's the TUAW Daily Update, your source for Apple news in a convenient audio format. You'll get all the top Apple stories of the day in three to five minutes for a quick review of what's happening in the Apple world. You can listen to today's Apple stories by clicking the inline player ...

North Carolina approves Apple's plans for 4.8-megawatt fuel cell facility

by Steven Sande (May 24th, 2012)

Things are looking green around Apple's Maiden, North Carolina data center, and it's not just due to the fact that it's springtime. The North Carolina Utilities Commission has approved (PDF) Apple's plans to construct and operate a 4.8-megawatt fuel cell facility at the data center, providing ...

Greenpeace activists protest Apple by blocking train tracks

by Kelly Hodgkins (May 4th, 2012)

Greenpeace activists tried to stop Apple's coal consumption at its source by blocking train tracks that Duke Energy uses to ship coal to Apple's Maiden, North Carolina data center. Activists targeted the Marshall Steam Station in Catawba county, according to a report in Charlotte's ...

A video aerial view of Apple's NC data center

by Steven Sande (Mar 22nd, 2012)

Apple's 500,000 square foot, US$1 billion data center in Maiden, North Carolina has been in operation for a while, and there's a huge 20 Megawatt solar power generation facility that's now under construction nearby. While Steve Jobs showed off the above photo of the interior of the facility at ...

Apple's North Carolina data center now visible on Google Earth

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jun 1st, 2011)

Apple's humongous data center in North Carolina is now visible on Google Earth and Google Maps satellite view. You can see the entire building and two roads leading in and out of the compound. Oddly, there is no space for on-site employee parking, at least not yet. An eagle-eyed reader picked ...

Local TV station visits Apple's data center

by Kelly Hodgkins (Apr 24th, 2011)

A Fox affiliate in Charlotte, North Carolina took a closer look at Apple's new data center in the town of Maiden. The news story and accompanying video is rife with speculation about the intended usage of this 500,000 square-foot building. Once you get past the references for Apple's supposed ...