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Scott Shepherd
07-07-2009, 5:57 PM
Anyone else see this -


Apple's plans (http://www.macrumors.com/2009/05/23/apple-planning-new-server-farm-in-north-carolina/) for a $1 billion server farm in North Carolina has been officially announced (http://www.macrumors.com/c.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.charlotteobserver.com%2F5 97%2Fstory%2F820351.html&t=1247003401)."This opportunity is… fabulous," Catawba County Economic Development President Scott Millar said at a joint meeting of county commissioners and Maiden town council. "We went after it very hard."

In order to attract Apple to the location, North Carolina offered a $46 million tax break over the next 10 years. Negotiations over the data center have been ongoing since September. The benefits to the local economy include 50 full time jobs, 250 indirect jobs, as well as an impact of up to 3,000 jobs in related industries.

The location will involve the construction of a 500,000 square foot building and is expected to be completed in 2010. The exact usage for the location has not been revealed. While Apple makes the bulk of its income through hardware sales, the company has increasingly been positioning itself as a services company that may require large server farms to support.Don't think it'll happen in the weeks to come, but I can promise you a $1 billion dollar server farm has enough labels and tags in it to keep more than a few folks busy. If you're in that area, start researching who the contractors will be, from top to bottom. This is a project that's large enough to make many people rich engraving a large number of things.

Clyde Baumwell
07-08-2009, 7:27 AM
Scott
I'm in Charlotte - about 40 miles south of where this server farm is going to be built (first one for apple on the east coast). Any help or insights you can offer in how to market and reach the right people would be appreciated. You can PM me if you wish.
clyde

not that it matters but i am a loooong time mac/apple user. the only reason i have a pc is to drive the laser!