Apple Officially Selects North Carolina for New $1 Billion Data Center
Gov. Bev Perdue today announced that Apple has selected North Carolina as the location for a new data center. The company is expected to invest more than $1 billion in the project over nine years.
"North Carolina continues to be a prime location for growing and expanding global technology companies," said Perdue. "We welcome Apple to North Carolina and look forward to working with the company as it begins providing a significant economic boost to local communities and the state."
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They should have made S. Jobs the CEO of GM.
Yay for staying in the US of A. Good news for the economy there.
They should have made S. Jobs the CEO of GM.
Well it is a data center. Putting a data center in a different country wouldn't help the bandwidth in the US much.;)
Even if it is only 50 of them.
People were throwing a fit over here because of all the tax breaks Apple is getting, but we really need to jobs here in NC.
Even if it is only 50 of them.
After all the money the government has been throwing away of dying companies I think giving a tax break to a thriving one is a better deal.
Well it is a data center. Putting a data center in a different country wouldn't help the bandwidth in the US much.;)
lol... I wasn't going to say it... but yeah. //sigh.
People were throwing a fit over here because of all the tax breaks Apple is getting, but we really need to jobs here in NC.
Even if it is only 50 of them.
Oh, and a billion dollar data center will not create any new jobs at all in North Carolina? Interesting logic Mr. DipDog3.
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