Data Center

Apple begins construction on Prineville data center

By Joseph Keller, Friday, Oct 19, 2012 a 1:21 pm

Apple has started the first phase of construction of its new data center in Prineville, Oregon. The construction of the first of two buildings will cost Apple $68 million, and the building will be 338,000 square feet and contain two “data halls”. Future plans include a second building identical to the first, along with fourteen more data halls.

Rumor: Apple considering Oregon data center

By Rene Ritchie, Sunday, Dec 4, 2011 a 1:56 pm

According to OregonLive, Apple is considering another large data center, this one at Prineville site in Oregon.

Those familiar with the discussions say that Apple's Oregon plans have been in flux while it awaited word on whether there would be adequate electricity transmission in Prineville to meet its needs.

iCloud to be powered by the sun?

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Oct 26, 2011 a 1:25 pm

Sorry, but when the Charlotte Observer reported that Apple was planning to build a solar farm across from their massive North Carolina data center, that's the headline that popped into mind.

Permits issued by Catawba County show that the Cupertino, Calif., company has been approved to reshape the slope of some of the 171 acres of vacant land it owns on Startown Road, opposite the data center, in preparation of building a solar farm.

Source: The Charlotte Observer

Apple’s new data center magically appears on Google Earth and Maps

By chrisoldroyd, Wednesday, Jun 1, 2011 a 9:41 am

Apple’s new data center can now be seen on Google Earth and Maps, where until yesterday it only showed woods and farmland with a driveway that ended in the middle of a field. Now you can see the data center in all its glory.

Apple to announce Nuance partnership, data center integration at WWDC?

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, May 9, 2011 a 5:30 pm

TechCrunch has followed up on their original report on Apple/Nuance partnership talks, saying the deal might already be on its way and could be part of next month's World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) keynote.

Apple negotiating with music labels to let users download again without paying again

By Andrew Wray, Friday, Mar 4, 2011 a 8:41 pm

Apple's massive data center about to open, could double in size

By Staff, Monday, Oct 25, 2010 a 2:04 pm

The new Apple data center located in Maiden, North Carolina, is expected to begin its operations “any day now” according to local officials. Amidst Apple getting ready to begin production inside the massive 500,000 sq. ft. data center, rumors have been milling around the internet stating that Apple plans on doubling the size of its already massive data center.

A local realtor, Bill Wagenseller, posted an aerial video of Apple’s facility had these comments to share:

Apple needs and acre of land, farmers need $1.7 million for it

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Oct 5, 2010 a 8:51 am

When Apple needed land for their $1 billion dollar data center the farmers who owned it decided they needed $1.7 million to sell. Not bad considering they bought it for $6,000 just 34 years ago.

“They told us to put a price on it and we did,” said Kathy Fulbright, 62, seated on a brown leather sofa in the living room of the home she and her husband built with the proceeds. The 49-acre property boasts a 4,200-square-foot house with a Jacuzzi in the master bathroom, as well as a manmade pond stocked with bass and catfish.

Apple live streaming music event to test new data center?

By Rene Ritchie, Wednesday, Sep 1, 2010 a 8:13 am

Cult of Mac claims a source has told them Apple is live streaming today's special music event as a way to test their massive new, North Carolina data center, set to go fully operational later this year.

Apple’s first live video broadcast in years is a test of the server farm’s ability to stream a future version of iTunes for iOS devices, our tipster says.

Apple's massive North Carolina data center to go online next year

By Rene Ritchie, Tuesday, Jul 20, 2010 a 8:22 pm

During Apple's Q3 2010 conference call, CFO Peter Oppenheimer revealed that Apple's massive North Carolina data center is on schedule and should go online in 2011. Oppenheimer didn't reveal what the data center would be used for but rumors persist of an iTunes.com streaming music, TV, and movie service.

With 100,000,000 iOS devices sold to date, additional rumors of an iOS Apple TV, and countless desktop iTunes installs on the market, pushing that much content would certainly need a world-class data center.

If this year's iPod touch event in September doesn't offer any clues, maybe next year's iPad event will?