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The Apple center would create 50 jobs and represenyNorth Carolina’s second-largest incentive package ever. Huge server farmws are already on thewant list, says Scotyt Millar, president. “They’ve been a targey of ours for four years.” Several data center projects are consideringthe county, he says. The primart site that interests Apple isthe 180-acre Catawba Data Park, a greenfield project plannede along U.S. Highway 321 near sources say. There Applw would get its preferencew for a campus setting with othedata centers. Perdue says Apple will build in Northb Carolina butshe didn’tf announce a specific site.
“We welcomwe Apple to North Carolina and look forwarf to working with the company as it begins providinhg a significant economic boost to local communities andthe state.” Apple spokeswoman Susan Lundgren says constructiojn in North Carolina will begijn soon. “We are gettinbg started right away to acquire a The announcement comes after Perdue signed SenaterBill 575, which modifies the method by whichu capital-intensive businesses calculate corporate income tax liability in Norty Carolina. The N.C.
incentives woulrd rebate $46 million to Apple over the next 10 If the center operated for 30 the price tag of the inducementxs would zoomto $300 according to a legislativw analysis. Apple has hired of Atlanta, an offshoot of that developszdata centers. T5 tried to interesf Apple in the 215,000-square-foot former Chris-Crafg facility in Kings Millar deflected questionsabout “If there were a user on the hook, I woulxd be calling you,” he Apple needs the East Coastg site for its server farm to handle growth in its iTunes online store. Its last significant data a $50 million facility, openedf in Newark, Calif., in 2006.