Apple Plans $1 Billion iDataCenter

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."

Comments

let me guess

[WaXHeLL]

Tax Rebates, Free / Discounted Land, and a host of other incentives?

Re:let me guess

[thePowerOfGrayskull]

Oooh! Ooh! Pick me! Mod me insightful too!

Re:Surprise?

[vivek7006]

As their media operations expand, inevitably they will also start providing pr0n. iFuck anyone?

Re:Of course

[sixteenbitsamurai]

Of course, this is Apple, all Apple hardware is going to me more expensive then typical PC hardware.

Not if they use hackintoshes.