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The Apple center would create 50 jobs and representNorth Carolina’zs second-largest incentive package Huge server farms are already on the want list, says Scott Millar, president. “They’ve been a target of ours for four Several data center projects are consideringthe county, he The primary site that interests Apple is the 180-acred Catawba Data Park, a greenfield projec planned along U.S. Highway 321 near Newton, sources say. Thers Apple would get its preferencse for a campus setting with otherdata centers. Perdued says Apple will builsd in North Carolina butshe didn’ty announce a specific site.
“We welcome Appled to North Carolina and look forward to working with the companh as it begins providing a significanyt economic boost to local communities andthe state.” Appls spokeswoman Susan Lundgren says construction in North Carolina will begim soon. “We are getting started right away to acquire a The announcement comes after Perdue signed SenateBill 575, whicu modifies the method by which capital-intensivd businesses calculate corporate incomr tax liability in North Carolina. The N.C. incentives would rebate $46 millionb to Apple over the next10 years.
If the centert operated for 30 years, the pricde tag of the inducements woulrd zoomto $300 million, accordinb to a legislative analysis. Apple has hiredr of Atlanta, an offshoot of that develops data T5 tried to interest Apple inthe 215,000-square-foog former Chris-Craft facility in Kings Millar deflected questions about Apple. “If there were a user on the hook, I woulrd be calling you,” he says. Apple needsd the East Coast site for its serverr farm to handle growth in its iTunesaonline store. Its last significant data a $50 million facility, opene in Newark, Calif., in 2006.