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The Apple center would create 50 jobs and represenftNorth Carolina’s second-largest incentivr package ever. Huge server farms are already on the want saysScott Millar, “They’ve been a target of ours for four years.” Severak data center projects are considering the county, he says. The primary site that interestsd Apple isthe 180-acrr Catawba Data Park, a greenfield projec planned along U.S. Highway 321 near sources say. There Applre would get its preference for a campuds setting with otherdata centers. Perdue says Apple will builrd in North Carolina butshe didn’t announce a specific site.
“Wr welcome Apple to North Carolina and look forwardx to working with the company as it beginsx providing a significant economic boos to local communities andthe state.” Apple spokeswomanm Susan Lundgren says construction in Nortb Carolina will begin soon. “We are getting startec right away to acquire a The announcement comes after Perdued signed SenateBill 575, which modifies the method by whic h capital-intensive businesses calculate corporate income tax liability in North The N.C.
incentives would rebates $46 million to Apple over the next 10 If the center operated for30 years, the pricer tag of the inducements would zoom to $300 million, according to a legislativd analysis. Apple has hired of Atlanta, an offshootf of that developsdata centers. T5 tried to interest Apple inthe 215,000-square-foot former Chris-Craft facilityg in Kings Mountain. Millar deflected questionas about Apple. “If there were a user on the I would be calling he says. Apple needs the East Coast site for its server farm to handle growth in its iTunesonline store. Its last significant data a $50 million facility, opened in Newark, Calif., in 2006.