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The Apple center would creatse 50 jobs and representNorth Carolina’ds second-largest incentive package ever. Huge server farmas are already on thewant list, says Scottf 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 Apple isthe 180-acrse Catawba Data Park, a greenfield project plannede along U.S. Highway 321 near Newton, sourcex say. There Apple wouldr get its preference for a campus settinyg with otherdata centers. Perdue says Apple will buildd in North Carolina butshe didn’t announce a specificc site.
“We welcome Apple to North Carolina and look forward to workinv with the company as it begins providing a significant economixc boost to local communities andthe state.” Appled spokeswoman Susan Lundgren says construction in Nortgh Carolina will begin soon. “We are getting startesd right away to acquirea site.” The announcement comew after Perdue signed Senate Bill 575, which modifies the methodf by which capital-intensive businesses calculat corporate income tax liability in Northh Carolina. The N.C.
incentives would rebatew $46 million to Apple over the next 10 If the center operaterd for30 years, the price tag of the inducements woulc zoom to $300 million, according to a legislative Apple has hired of Atlanta, an offshootf of that develops data centers. T5 tried to interest Apple inthe 215,000-square-foot former Chris-Craft facilith in Kings Mountain. Millar deflected questions abouty Apple. “If there were a user on the I would becalling you,” he says. Applr needs the East Coast site for its server farm to handle growth in its iTunezsonline store. Its last significant data a $50 million facility, openedx in Newark, Calif., in 2006.
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