Apple’s major push into the cloud was accompanied by the launch of a massive $1 billion data center in North Carolina in 2010, and now it’s looking to build a new server warehouse in Prineville, Oregon, according to The Oregonian. If Apple does go forward with the plans, it won’t be a huge surprise given the scale of iCloud; the service allows users to store up to 5GB of data from a variety of Apple services and have that content sync with all of their Apple / iOS devices wirelessly.
Apple considering a large new data center in Oregon?
According to The Oregonian, Apple is considering building a new data center in Prineville, Oregon that would support its iCloud service.
According to The Oregonian, Apple is considering building a new data center in Prineville, Oregon that would support its iCloud service.
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Like North Carolina, Oregon provides lucrative tax breaks for tech companies, which have already attracted Facebook, Google, and Amazon to build their own data centers there. Apple is reportedly eyeing a tract of land that would cozily place its new server farm a quarter-mile from Facebook’s facility, but The Oregonian says that Apple’s currently trying to determine if the location has enough electricity to meet its needs.
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