I wonder if this might have something to do with iTunes. They already sell/rent HQ/HD movies, but maybe there is something they are going to launch in the future? Just an idea.
I hope there's a petting zoo on the farm.
I wonder if this might have something to do with iTunes. They already sell/rent HQ/HD movies....
Apple, go invest some of those 29 billion kazillion dollars you got there in your small jeans pockets and get a server farm here in Europe.
This rumor is poorly written...from the typos "to" instead of "for" to the lack of info.
Does anyone have any idea:
1)Why the government needs a server farm?
2)why the government would choose Apple (over Sun or HP or IBM or Dell or...)
3)What application this server farm is supposed to power? Or, is the government just asking Apple to "open up shop" in NC and therefore employ 50-100 people to run the building/farm therefore creating jobs?
4)Why the government would give such a huge tax break instead of just buying the hardware/service outright at a government-mandated bid (assuming even if they NEED Apple software like the OS)? Could be just a shell game "we'll let you NOT pay us millions in taxes while you give us millions in free "services")
-Eric
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The rolling hills of a proposed server farm in Iceland from Data Islandia designed by architect Robert Örn Arnarson.
Ah Phooey,
Them inspiration smoking greenies are always getting in the way of science.
We already got a green source of energy, atomic fission.
If you argue otherwise you probably never payed attention in school, or when you were in school this stuff was still in R&D
The earth is naturally radioactive. So is the universe. ALL types of radiation can be blocked by a few centimetres of lead, or 1m of concrete or 30m of steel. Its merely political BS about where the rods are stored longterm.
What about Chernobyl?
Wa Wa Wa,
Talk about Media hype.
They were doing a test to see if the reactor could shut down safely. The reactor was acting up and should of been shut off before the test was finished. The guy in charge was being a prick. Guess what! Chernobyl was human error. Guess what!!!! We have computers and decent non Microsoft operating systems.
Fusion is the answer? Its cheaper yes, but it still produces Gamma and Neutron radiation so were still gonna get some more greenies complaining.
Related to the server farm...
Ooooh its so pretty
I hope I can work for Apple in the future.
lol,
While that's all nice and dandy. Neither one of these places will probably see the data center. For reason pointed out in the tax relief bit (unemployment factors) and location to the data backbone, the most likely place is actually the Triad, more specifically Greensboro. Apple just built their fourth and largest apple store in the state there and they are giving tons of incentives to tech and pharma companies to bring their unemployment down. It's dead center between Raleigh and Charlotte and it sits DEAD SQUARE on the data backbone. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro got their networks jacked directly into the grid when I was a student there in 1998. All fiber that far back was a big deal.
It's centrally located in the state and other than the occasional thunderstorm and some light snow here and there it rarely sees any harsh weather. There is plenty of cheap property being sold and it's right near an international airport. Honda actually just started it's small planes assembly center there.
More than likely this is where it will be.
Cheers.
Good liberal company? You must be joking... I love Apple, but there is nothing liberal about a benevolent dictatorship whose products bring in margins that would make even the most steadfast capitalist blush.
Steve is a business man through and through. Al Gore is on the board of directors to appease the environmentalist. Plus, not even liberals like paying high taxes... That is for the rest of us. Look at how many of them *forget* to pay their taxes.
But I digress from the topic. Sorry, I couldn't resist.
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The rolling hills of a proposed server farm in Iceland from Data Islandia designed by architect Robert Örn Arnarson.
lol,
it's pretty funny to see all the guessing about NC.
First, Charlotte is NOT halfway through the state. Charlotte is located at the bottom of the state near Rock Hill South Carolina. You can be in South Carolina in about 15 minutes.
Charlotte is the second largest banking center in the nation.
The Triangle (where I live) slightly more east and closer to the center of the state top to bottom. If I'm not mistaken it surpassed Silicon Valley about three years ago as the fastest growing and largest technology center in the nation.
We rarely see the effect of hurricanes in either place other than some heavy rain and winds. Charlotte and Raleigh have each been hit by a hurricane once in my lifetime of 32 years. Even then it wasn't near enough to take out a data center.
The Triangle is also one of the fastest growing and most stable economies in the US. More old New Yorkers are moving here lately that Florida. Raleigh and Cary are consistently voted the best/safest places to live in the nation.
While that's all nice and dandy. Neither one of these places will probably see the data center. For reason pointed out in the tax relief bit (unemployment factors) and location to the data backbone, the most likely place is actually the Triad, more specifically Greensboro. Apple just built their fourth and largest apple store in the state there and they are giving tons of incentives to tech and pharma companies to bring their unemployment down. It's dead center between Raleigh and Charlotte and it sits DEAD SQUARE on the data backbone. The University of North Carolina at Greensboro got their networks jacked directly into the grid when I was a student there in 1998. All fiber that far back was a big deal.
It's centrally located in the state and other than the occasional thunderstorm and some light snow here and there it rarely sees any harsh weather. There is plenty of cheap property being sold and it's right near an international airport. Honda actually just started it's small planes assembly center there.
More than likely this is where it will be.
Cheers.
Btw, is it your dog in your avatar? He/She looks beautiful
Can you provide your source showing RTP has surpassed Silicon Valley as the largest tech center in the country?
I would also like to see the source for "are consistently voted the best/safest places to live in the nation". I missed this news flash and would like to read up on it.
Thanks. I do have a great dog named Max, but that is not he. That image is from some wallpaper I downloaded from digitalblasphemy.com I believe.
I don't know about surpassed, but it is definitely one of the fastest growing tech centers in the US. Here is an interesting article comparing the two areas.
http://www.stantonchase.com/latest_news/research_triangle_stature.pdf
If you'd Googled it you would have found a couple of examples on the first page of results.
Ranked 4th 2006
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/snapshots/PL3755000.html
Ranked 2nd 2008
http://triangle.bizjournals.com/triangle/stories/2008/05/26/daily17.html
RTP is starting to feel like a mini-NorthEast as most of my neighbors are from either Boston, New York or Washington, DC escaping the cold and high taxes.
Here's hoping the new new Apple server farm comes to RTP or nearby.![]()
Not Charlotte, thats more in central NC, halfway to Tennessee
Look at how many of them *forget* to pay their taxes.![]()
First - lets remember that Apple has not commented on this artical. So who knows if it will be built anywhere.
I think what was meant by "halfway through the state" was east / west (to point out it is not on the coast).
Can you provide your source showing RTP has surpassed Silicon Valley as the largest tech center in the country? I would also like to see the source for "are consistently voted the best/safest places to live in the nation". I missed this news flash and would like to read up on it.
The article says the two possible counties are Catawba County or Cleveland County. The fact that Apple just opened a new store in Greensboro has no bearing. If anything it shows Apple thinks people there have money to spend, not high unemployment. Your right that the backbone goes through there, and it then heads southwest and could be easily accessed from other points in the state. As for airports and weather, Charlottes international has many more flights and access then Greensboro, and the weather in the two counties in question is similar to Greensboro too.
Yeah, I live in central NC (Chapel Hill) and we get nice, diluted versions of hurricanes. NC isn't a HUGE hurricane state but hurricanes do happen every few years.
Also, that's kind of a weird reason to not consider NC.
As someone who deals with tax law on a daily basis, should I get into the non-liberals who fail to pay their taxes?
I mean, this game could be played all day with both sides.
One calling out the other is even beyond the pot calling the kettle black.
arent the itunes store and the apple website hosted exclusively by akamai?
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At least give credit to the writer. The sentences you just wrote are quotet!
The "original version of these" is The Revenge of Gaia by James Lovelock
Ok, besides this. I am no "green integralist" at all but atomic fission in itself is not the solution. Look at France, the only problem they now have is scarcity of water to cool atomic fission power plants. As soon as a river goes below a certain level of water the plant has to reduce output because there is not enough water to cool it. And also too many plant concentrated rise the temp of water destroying the ecosystem (upon which many animals and humans base their lives) and creates a wet microclimate.
Should we stop building atomic fission plants? Never! Just remember that future energy needs will not be solved by only one vector, there will have to be many, all of them as much environmental friendly as possible (atomic fission but also wood (which is renewable if done correctly), wind, tides, dams).
The best way to cope is to reduce the need. Long story short. I am an architect, and building a "friendlier" home (not nerdy jungle style cabanas) allows you to save a lot of money and also energy, which reduces the need for new plants... And to the costs. I know in the US homes tend to cost little to build (most of them anyways), but the increase in cost would never be unsustainable. And homes, in the end, cost a lot anyway given the market forces that actually influence prices.
Back on topic. Maybe some of these companies build R&D outside California also because they can implement "no competition" aspects in their contracts with workers (AFAIK this is not possible in California)