Mesa mayor: Full steam ahead with $2B Apple command center
May 22, 2015 - PREVIOUSLY: Apple promises $2 billion command center in Mesa ... establish a command center for its global data networks in the same spot,
So-called "high-paying" permanent full-time "jobs created" figures have been revised down from highs of 350-500 to less than 100. Temporary construction employees will increase, but according to a report yesterday in Phoenix Business Insider not everything is moving full-steam ahead . . .[only one job opening has been advertised]
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From Site Selection magazine, March 2015
CBRE says a 1-MW tenant’s bottom line could see as much as $6 million to $7 million in tax savings over a 10-year period because of incentives passed in 2013 by the Arizona Legislature, though the language of the statute is more aligned to multitenant operators than stand-alone data centers.
"Apple has found merit in the underlying infrastructure at a regional level."
"The opportunity nascent in Phoenix-area dark fiber is not limited to that area. Michael Murphy is CEO of Boston-based NEF, one of the first dark-fiber-only agents in the United States . . ."
A Look Inside The Massive Space
that will become Apple's $2 Billion 'Data Command Center'
By Kif Lessing | May 9, 2016
"While Apple gets a lot of attention for its $5 billion campus currently under construction in Cupertino, California, it's not the only billion-dollar real estate project the tech giant is working on.
In Mesa, Arizona, Apple is hoping that the third time's the charm for a massive 1.2-million square foot manufacturing facility.
The Apple-owned plant was previously used as a solar panel manufacturing facility, and then had a short-lived tenure as a location for GT Advanced Technology, an Apple supplier.
Now, Apple is planning to invest $2 billion to convert the plant into a "global command center," which will not only store iCloud backups and iTunes files, but will also provide oversight of other remote and co-located Apple data centers, the Phoenix Business Journal reported.
But bad luck seems to follow the facility . . . "
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