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发帖数: 3492 | 1 Tue, 26 Jun 2012 11:30:39 PDT
The Reno Gazette-Journal reports that Apple has proposed investing up to &#
36;1 billion over the next ten years to build a new data center and other
facilities in the Reno, Nevada area. The data center would be located in
unincorporated Washoe County, while a "business and purchasing center" would
be located in a business park in downtown Reno.
Today, the Washoe County Board of Commissioners is considering abatements
for Apple’s planned data center in the Reno Technology Park, located east
of Sparks along Interstate 80.
Mike Folks, an Apple spokesman, said the company planning for the project to
become operational later this year.
“We’re looking at a 30-year relationship,” Folks told commissioners.
The data center, codenamed "Project Jonathan", is said to be planned to
generate nearly 600 construction jobs and as many as 41 direct and 200
contractor jobs upon opening.
Apple currently operates a major data center in Maiden, North Carolina and a
much smaller one in Newark, California near the companies headquarters.
Apple is also investing $250 million in a new data center in Prineville,
Oregon.
Update: Apple has issued a statement to AllThingsD confirming its intent for
the area.
“We hope to build Apple’s next data center in Reno to support Apple’s
iTunes Store, App Store and incredibly popular iCloud services,” Apple
spokeswoman Kristin Huguet told AllThingsD. “If approved, this project
would expand our presence in Nevada and create hundreds of construction jobs
over the next year, plus permanent jobs at the data center which will add
to our existing total of nearly 400 employees in the state.” |
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