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Apple to Build $2B 'Global Command Center' in Former GT Advanced Plant
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Heck, why not stop doing business with anyone that doesn't agree with his liberal views? Oh, that would alienate half of his customers.
You have no idea what Tim's political views are.
When you say things like you just did you sound like you are of the ignorant opinion that everyone that is gay is also liberal.
I tell you what: MacRumors sometimes makes me really really sad... where I come from there are DEFINITELY idiots, bigots, sexists, homophobes, and racists.
However, (thankfully), it is mostly closeted... They have at least learned that in normal society their intolerance is NOT considered acceptable. It's depressing that the place I hang out online has more prejudice than the "dirty dirty south".
It's cheaper in the long run to set terms so strict, as in restricting them from selling the product to Apple's competitors, to intentionally bankrupt an American company and transfer the technology to China to produce for less.
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That's pretty much how I read it, too. So why is everyone carrying on about Arizona being gay?
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The site is close, 2.5 miles, to another important destination.
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https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=...JEijrZA&t=h&mra=ls&z=14&output=classic&dg=brw
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He donated to Obama's campaign in 2008 so one could safely assume his views are left of center.
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It's a data center. I don't think Apple ever had data centers in Silicon Valley.
This is about a mile from my house. I wonder how I can apply for a job there
Just a few miles away from me, glad they are doing something with the facility. Great job by the City of Mesa and the State to bring them in in the first place.
Yep, it must of been an extremely viable product for Apple to give up on the technology and simply walkway
Actually places like AZ and Nevada are exactly the place to build this type of DC.... because you din't pay attention to the fact that the facility will run on solar power.... Where else can you get more sunshine than the dessert?
Yep, for those chiming on about taxes, they don't seem to have a clue as to what matters to companies that actually locate in Silicon Valley. That's an argument that matters to talking heads on cable news. Not to leading edge tech firms like Apple.
The combination of talent pool, access to capital, centers of innovation, and entrepreneurial culture in Silicon Valley are unmatched by any other region. This type of innovation-driven economy is why Silicon Valley has been able to reinvent itself so many times -- from its roots as a vacuum tube manufacturing center to transistors to microprocessors and hard drives to networking devices to enterprise software to today's cloud-based services. Taxes or not, the cost of doing business in Silicon Valley has always been exceptionally high, which is why lower value activities have always left the region once they become commoditized.
A company like Apple is inherently rooted in the culture of Silicon Valley, which has always embraced nontraditional work environments and attracted outside-the-box thinkers. Apple currently has 16,000 workers in Cupertino, and this will expand to 23,000 workers once the new HQ is completed. The ~150 full-time jobs created by the "Global Command Center" is a drop in the bucket by comparison.
Data centers are capital intensive (i.e., locals can quote big dollar figures for construction), and they allow local politicians to tout how their communities are part of the technology-driven economy. But, the criteria for data centers prioritizes cheap land (which Apple has because of the assets they picked up from the GT Advanced bankruptcy), and cheap energy (AZ has more days of sun than anywhere else, which works well for solar). In the end, facilities like this don't employ a lot of people and they certainly don't say a whole lot about the direction of a company like Apple.
Firstly, GT knew that there are certain technical bars they need to first reach before Apple really uses their products. They knew their actual technical capabilities, so they could well-organize their funds accordingly. Unfortunately, GT executives burned their fund faster than they had to. So, it's really a wrong statement to say that Apple caused GT's bankruptcy.
Secondly, Apple didn't purchase GT. Neither is there any rumor about Apple having such a plan.
Lastly, Apple bought this site, built a factory there, hoping GT could eventually succeed in producing tons of sapphire screens over there. Now, after GT declares bankrupt, Apple had already lost a lot of the money spent building the factory, dismissing the original workers in the factory, now Apple has to spend a lot more money in converting this site into a data center. So, in the end, Apple will still only get a data center, but the cost over the course is much much higher than any other data center of the same size anywhere else.
HUH, I didn't say any of that! What is the world are you talking about? I was responding to someone else who commented on Apple doing business in states that do not agree with his political views. I suggested that if Apple limited his business to just people (rather than businesses) that agreed with his political view, they would alienate half of their customers. Thats true whether he is liberal or conservative. This country is split (leans a bit conservative but for all intents and purposes, it is split)
So... if you are calling me all those names, you are a fool and need to crawl back in your hole and take your ignorant assumptions with you.
It may have a "command center" in AZ and a major R&D facility in CA, but with 65% of sales outside of USA, it may be time to reset the corporate HQ. It will avoid a bunch of tax and regulatory issues. They have had a facility in Ireland since 1980.