Apple plans two European data centers running on renewable energy<article>
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Apple plans to open two European data centers running on renewable energy in 2017, following similar moves by Google and Facebook in the region.</p><p>
The new data centers will host a number of Apple services for European customers, including the iTunes Store, App Store, iMessage text messaging service, Apple Maps and Siri, its voice-controlled personal assistant. By hosting the data within the European Union, Apple could avoid the need to export EU users’ data to the U.S. or other data protection regimes, a sensitive issue as EU legislators discuss renewing the bloc’s data protection regime.</p><p>
Apple plans to spend a total of €1.7 billion ($1.9 billion) on the two data centers, which will each cover around 166,000 square meters.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2887532/apple-plans-two-european-data-centers-running-on-renewable-energy.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article>
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Apple plans two European data centers running on renewable energy
