Apple to Build $2B 'Global Command Center' in Former GT Advanced PlantApple plans to take over the Mesa, Arizona factory where GT Advanced was formerly producing sapphire boules, transforming the facility into a massive $2 billion data center, reports
CNBC. The data center will reportedly act as a "
command center" for Apple's global data network.
According to Arizona Governor Doug Ducey, the center will house 150 full-time Apple employees and its construction at the 1.3 million square foot facility will create 300 to 500 additional jobs.<center><blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-cards="hidden" lang="en"><p>BIG NEWS:
#Apple making $2 billion investment in our state. First
#SB49, now this. Arizona is open for business!
http://t.co/pPunvL7Wjf.</p>— Doug Ducey (@dougducey)
February 2, 2015 <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></center>In a statement, Apple called the investment one of the largest it had ever made and pledged that the facility would run on 100 percent renewable energy like the company's other data centers.
"This multibillion-dollar project is one of the largest investments we've ever made, and when completed it will add over 600 engineering and construction jobs to the more than one million jobs Apple has already created in the U.S. Like all Apple data centers, it will be powered by 100 percent renewable energy, much of which will come from a new local solar farm," Apple said in a statement on the project.
After GT Advanced filed for bankruptcy and abandoned the Mesa, Arizona plant, there were questions about what Apple would do with the facility. GT Advanced's closure caused a massive loss of jobs in Mesa, but Apple
pledged to find a way to repurpose the location and preserve jobs in the city.
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