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Apple announces 400,000-square-foot data center for Waukee, Iowa
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Apple has announced that it will build a 400,000-square-foot data center in Waukee, Iowa.
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Apple may expand data center space in Reno
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A new report says Apple has filed for a permit in Washoe County, Nevada, near the city of Reno, for a new cluster of buildings near an already opened data center for the company. It's possible Apple wants to build a second such data center in the area.
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Apple to build two new European data centers
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Apple today announced the company will invest €1.7 billion ($1.9 billion) in two new European data centers, each powered by 100% renewable energy. The first of two will be located in County Galway, Ireland and the second will be constructed in Jutland, Denmark. The new capacity will power various Apple services, including the iTunes Store, App Store, iMessage, Maps and Siri across the...
Solar and fuel cell farms for Apple's North Carolina data center now completely operational
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The solar farms and fuel cells meant to power Apple's data center in North Carolina are now all online, and we have a better idea about how it all works. Apple's sites are the largest privately-owned clean energy centers in the country, and consist of two solar farms and and a fuel cell farm.
Rumor: Apple considering Oregon data center
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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. Whether or not Apple settles on the site, and whether it ends up being...
iCloud to be powered by the sun?
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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...
Apple’s new data center magically appears on Google Earth and Maps
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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. It seems to be quite a coincidence that the data center has now appeared after Apple announced that iCloud would be shown off at WWDC next week. We assume that...
Apple buying 12 petabytes of storage for iTunes online
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According to Storage Newsletter, Apple has purchased 12 petabytes (1 petabyte is 1024 terabytes, so over 12,000 terabytes) of storage from EMC's Isilon Systems, reported for use with iTunes to store music, movies, TV, and other media content online. Obviously this will be hugely expensive -- you don't buy this level of storage from Best Buy, after all -- but storing huge amounts of...
Apple's massive data center about to open, could double in size
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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...
Apple needs and acre of land, farmers need $1.7 million for it
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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-...