Apple will build a huge data center in Oregon

Apple is considering buying land in Oregon (USA) to build new data center, reports Oregon Live. An area of ​​650 thousand square meters. m is located in the city Prinvillhalf a kilometer from the new server farm, Facebook, launched this summer. Finally, Apple's decision to take until the end of this year.

IPhone and iPad manufacturer chose this place is no accident. Faced with the need to stimulate the local economy and attract additional investment, the Government of the State of Oregon has gone on to provide significant tax benefits IT-corporations who want to start your business in its territory. This has already benefited from such Internet like Google and Facebook, which launched in Oregon's own data centers.

The second important factor for building a new station in Oregon is a low cost of electricity in the region. According to analysts, Apple building will be 31 megawatts, which is comparable to the consumption of five such cities as Prinvill.

The local power company has already announced that will satisfy the needs of Apple, but for maximum efficiency in the next three years, scheduled to launch additional substation and installation of new power lines. The district is preparing to become a single global repository of information.

Recall that in the past year, Apple  has completed the construction of the data center cost $ 1 billion. The building is located in an area of 910 thousand square meters. m near the intersection of routes 321 and Startaun-road in the town of Maiden, is used including cloud iCloud.

The company also began building a solar power station , which will provide energy data center in North Carolina. With the launch of new server capacity Apple began searching talented executives. Previously received information that the  company has hired managers to develop web applications for iCloud.