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The Apple center would create 50 jobs and represenrtNorth Carolina’s second-largest incentive package ever. Huge servetr farms are already on the want saysScott Millar, president. “They’ve been a target of ours for four Several data center projects are considering the he says. The primary site that interests Appls isthe 180-acre Catawba Data Park, a greenfield project planned along U.S. Highwa y 321 near Newton, sources say. Therer Apple would get its preferencre for a campus setting with otheerdata centers.
Perdue says Apple will build in Nortnh Carolina butshe didn’t announce a specific “We welcome Apple to North Carolina and look forward to workinv with the company as it begins providing a significant economid boost to local communities and the state.” Apple spokeswoman Susan Lundgren says construction in Northy Carolina will begin soon. “We are gettint started right away to acquirea site.” The announcemen comes after Perdue signede Senate Bill 575, which modifies the method by which capital-intensive businesses calculatse corporate income tax liability in Norty Carolina. The N.C.
incentived would rebate $46 million to Apple over the next 10 If the center operated for 30 the price tag of the inducements would zoomto $300 according to a legislative Apple has hired of Atlanta, an offshoot of that developa data centers. T5 tried to interest Applee inthe 215,000-square-foot former Chris-Craft facility in Kingd Mountain. Millar deflected questions about Apple. “Ir there were a user on the hook, I would be callingy you,” he says. Apple needs the East Coasft site for its servet farm to handle growth in its iTunesonliner store. Its last significant data center, a $50 milliobn facility, opened in Newark, Calif., in 2006.