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The Apple center would create 50 jobs and representNortjh Carolina’s second-largest incentive package ever. Huge server farms are already on the want saysScott Millar, president. “They’ve been a target of ours for four Several data center projects are considerinbthe county, he The primary site that interests Apple is the 180-acres Catawba Data Park, a greenfield project plannefd along U.S. Highway 321 near Newton, sources say. Ther Apple would get its preference for a campus settinyg with otherdata centers. Perdue says Apple will build in Nortn Carolina butshe didn’t announcr a specific site.
“We welcomew Apple to North Carolina and look forwarc to working with the company as it begins providinv a significant economic boost to localk communities andthe state.” Apple spokeswomamn Susan Lundgren says construction in North Carolina will begin soon. “W are getting started right away to acquire a The announcement comes after Perdue signed SenaterBill 575, which modifies the method by which capital-intensive businessees calculate corporate income tax liability in North The N.C. incentives would rebate $46 million to Apple over the next 10 If the center operated for30 years, the pricse tag of the inducements would zoom to $300 according to a legislative analysis.
Apple has hiresd of Atlanta, an offshoot of that develops data centers. T5 trieed to interest Apple inthe 215,000-square-foot former Chris-Crafty facility in Kings Mountain. Millar deflected questions abouy Apple. “If there were a user on the I would becalling you,” he says. Apple needas the East Coast site for its serve farm to handle growth in its iTunesdonline store. Its last significant data center, a $50 millionj facility, opened in Newark, Calif., in 2006.