Apple builds a $ 1 billion data center

Apple plans to build a large data center on the East Coast of the United States, which is essential for increasing the speed of iTunes and the App Store. According to the available data, over a billion dollars can be invested in the construction of a huge engineering complex. If so, that is about twice as much as Google or Microsoft spends on their data centers. It can be assumed that the "apple" complex will be truly gigantic.



The photograph shows a bird's-eye view of a data center in Newark, California, which Apple bought in 2006 for $ 45 million. This is one of 23 standard data centers built in 2000-2001 for WorldCom web hosting, and the cost construction was $ 110 million, and then they were sold at half price.
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In addition, Apple has a data center at its own headquarters in California. CDS networks from Akamai and Limelight Networks are used to deliver Internet content.

Under construction on the East Coast selected site in North Carolina. Local authorities have promised to reduce taxes for Apple , if only the company chose their state, and not an alternative in Virginia. The condition for tax cuts is a requirement to invest more than $ 1 billion over nine years. Obviously, the bulk of this money will be invested in the construction of a data center.

via Data Center Knowledge