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Apple Plans $1 Billion iDataCenter

Posted by kdawson on from the swimming-with-the-big-fish dept.

1sockchuck writes "Apple is planning a major East Coast data center to boost the capacity of its online operations, and may invest more than $1 billion in building and operating the huge server farm. That's nearly twice what Google and Microsoft typically invest in their massive cloud computing centers. The scope of the project raises interesting questions about Apple's plans, and has politicians in North Carolina jumping through hoops to pass incentives to win the project. The proposed NC incentives build on a package for Google that later proved controversial."

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  1. Re:Of course by Darkness404 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Actually hoping for a funny mod, but eh, I have enough karma to burn some every now and then.

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  2. It Costs More Because... by Nom+du+Keyboard · · Score: 0, Redundant

    It costs more than Microsoft or Google because Apple is insisting on only using XServes.

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  3. Re:let me guess by stewbacca · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The only virgins in North Carolina are those without siblings or cousins...or fathers.