Wow, the hate was quick....I was referring to apples right to attempt to purchase land wherever, and the owner of that lands right to refuse to sell it to them. I was also making fun of the audacity of the person quoted to imply that "picking and choosing" was somehow not okay as I am sure millions of decisions are made in the corporate world everyday that have to do with picking and choosing. Finally, before I worry about Apple and a data center that had solar panels and is in a forest let's compare? Apple (who's brand spanking new hq will feature 0 removed dirt, massive amounts of landscaping, green space, solar, renewable energy......or.....um......Monsanto, Walmart, Halliburton, Raytheon, Canadian oil sands, fracking, the great pacific (and now with Atlantic) garbage patch......seriously.....Apple purchased 2 forests 2 or 3 years ago that were way bigger than this and they will probably plant an equal number of trees to replace it. Fanboy or not: we really want to rag on Apple for giving a *hit compared to 95% of all other companies?
Edit: another of Ireland's concerns about the proposed location: "poor water maintenance that could flood a local golf course"