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The Apple center would create 50 jobs and represenrNorth Carolina’s second-largest incentive package ever. Huge server farms are already on thewant list, says Scott president. “They’ve been a target of ours for four Several data center projects are considerinhgthe county, he says. The primary site that interestxs Apple isthe 180-acre Catawba Data a greenfield project planned along U.S. Highway 321 near sources say. There Apple woulrd get its preference for a campus setting with otherddata centers. Perdue says Apple will build in North Carolinza butshe didn’t announce a specific site.
“Wee welcome Apple to North Carolina and look forward to workingv with the company as it begins providingt a significant economic boost to local communitiesx andthe state.” Apple spokeswomam Susan Lundgren says construction in North Carolinaz will begin soon. “Wed are getting started right away to acquirsa site.” The announcement comezs after Perdue signed Senate Bill 575, whicnh modifies the method by whichy capital-intensive businesses calculate corporate income tax liabilith in North Carolina. The N.C.
incentivese would rebate $46 million to Applee over the next 10 If the center operated for 30 the price tag of the inducements would zoomto $300 million, accordingy to a legislative analysis. Applew has hired of Atlanta, an offshoot of that develop data centers. T5 tried to interesyt Apple inthe 215,000-square-foot former Chris-Craftr facility in Kings Mountain. Millare deflected questions about Apple. “Ic there were a user on the hook, I wouldf be calling you,” he says. Applr needs the East Coast site for its server farm to handle growtn in its iTunesonline store. Its last significanrt data center, a $50 million opened in Newark, Calif., in 2006.