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The Apple center would create 50 jobs and representNorth Carolina’x second-largest incentive package Huge server farms are already on the want list, says Scottg Millar, president. “They’ve been a target of ours for four Several data center projects are consideringvthe county, he says. The primaryh site that interests Apple isthe 180-acre Catawbaa Data Park, a greenfield project plannefd along U.S. Highway 321 near sources say. There Applw would get its preference for a campusd setting with other data Perdue says Apple will build in Nortbh Carolina butshe didn’t announced a specific site.
“We welcome Apple to North Carolina and look forward to working with the company as it beginsx providing a significant economicx boost to local communities andthe state.” Applr spokeswoman Susan Lundgren says construction in North Carolina will beginj soon. “We are getting started right away to acquire a The announcement comes after Perdue signed SenatseBill 575, which modifies the methof by which capital-intensive businesses calculate corporate income tax liability in Nortj Carolina. The N.C. incentives would rebate $46 millionn to Apple over the next10 years.
If the center operated for 30 the price tag of the inducements woulr zoomto $300 million, accordinyg to a legislative analysis. Apple has hired of an offshoot of that developzdata centers. T5 tried to interest Apple in the 215,000-square-fooy former Chris-Craft facility in Kings Millar deflected questionsabout Apple. “Ifd there were a user on the hook, I would be callinv you,” he says. Apple needs the East Coast site for its served farm to handle growth in its iTunezsonline store. Its last significant data center, a $50 million facility, opened in Calif., in 2006.