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Aerial Footage of Apple's North Carolina Data Center
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The loading dock is on the left side of the building (if you are facing it). Of the 500k sqft of space only 120k sqft is data floor.
That's the last step. A helicopter lowers it into place, they flip the switch, and POW - free MobileMe!
For now, that is. I have read rumors on this site that claim Apple's plan is to spend a few hundred million a year as they ramp up capacity. So over time the space would be filled up with servers.
No thats the actual data floor space it has. They will probably start by using part of that, and adding from there, but its not getting bigger than 500k sqft. The rest of the space is used by equipment to keep the data floor running and office space. Expansion would come in the form of a second building.
No soda machines in the building as of then
"I hear Apple employs blind orphans in their overseas factories and makes them work 18 hour days without food and bathroom breaks."
Media distributor ala Comcast and Att
Apple will be a media distributor much like Comcast and AT&T. I believe the lines have to be licensed out per government legislation. Most of it will be wireless like clear. Apple will install all of the cell towers themselves making sure they cover good portions of the us. This will be followed by the rest of the world. He loves the U.S. This is why we haven't seen the iPhone for any other carrier. They're saving the exclusivity for themselves. Think big, think different, create it yourself. History making in 2011.
Apple will be a media distributor much like Comcast and AT&T. I believe the lines have to be licensed out per government legislation. Most of it will be wireless like clear. Apple will install all of the cell towers themselves making sure they cover good portions of the us. This will be followed by the rest of the world. He loves the U.S. This is why we haven't seen the iPhone for any other carrier. They're saving the exclusivity for themselves. Think big, think different, create it yourself. History making in 2011.
Its what I think will happen. It all makes sense. Apple will do it right just like iTunes, iPod, iPhone, iPad.
I have railed for years about the whole cell tower thing. There can never be enough of them, nobody wants them near them, they cost too much and the whole thing is a house of cards anyway.
So, maybe they have figured out something better. Drones would be an answer, circling overhead and beaming down, covering huge areas without obstructions or any huge antennas to upset people. Certainly drone technology is very mature now.
I have to think an unarmed drone costs less than a bunch of cell towers these days. And they can link back to Apple HQ without even needing physical cables.
Oh, well, it is probably just iTunes or something...
Satellites could do it but I think the distances involved make for annoying lag.
Haha one of the best Youtube comments I have seen.
"wait, you mean cloud computing doesn't actually mean all the data is flying around in the clouds? Its still in computers?! Way to ruin my plan to take an airplane and steal tons of music, movies and photos from unsuspecting users!"
"wait, you mean cloud computing doesn't actually mean all the data is flying around in the clouds? Its still in computers?! Way to ruin my plan to take an airplane and steal tons of music, movies and photos from unsuspecting users!"
For some reason, I'm under the impression Apple's not out to downright alienate any companies with whom they've formerly done business (see: Adobe)...The real dick move, in this case, would be allowing limited perks to iPhone users whilst charging marginally more than AT+T and including fine print you won't read til it's too late.
Though the idea is interesting...it's just, this is ONE data center, and they'd need some kind of service distrobution method (ie drones, as I saw mentioned) that fits with their whole futuristic mindset.
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So...if those are all loading docks, and this is a data center, then it could (probably?) be for servers - servers for what? I don't like the idea of Big-Brother Cloud. Even Final Fantasy Cloud creeps me out a bit...the whole concept is just a bit too mysterious to the general public at this stage for Apple to be ambitious enough to unleash it upon the world.
Or is it?
45k an acre!!!!?
Thats peanuts.. When you think of lots 50ft x100ft go for about 50k-200k depending on where its located in the US.... It takes almost 9 50x100 lots to equal an acre....