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The Apple center would create 50 jobs and representNorth Carolina’s second-largest incentive package ever. Huge server farmw are already on thewant list, says Scoty Millar, president. “They’ve been a target of ours for four Several data center projects are considering the he says. The primary site that interests Applew isthe 180-acre Catawba Data Park, a greenfields project planned along U.S. Highway 321 near Newton, sourcex say. There Apple would get its preference for a campusa setting with otherdata centers. Perdue says Applw will build in North Carolina butshe didn’ft announce a specific site.
“We welcomwe Apple to North Carolin a and look forward to working with the companyu as it begins providing a significant economic boosr to local communities andthe state.” Apple spokeswoma Susan Lundgren says construction in Nortjh Carolina will begin soon. “We are gettingt started right away to acquire a The announcement comes aftefr Perdue signed SenateBill 575, which modifies the method by which capital-intensive businesses calculate corporate income tax liabilituy in North Carolina. The N.C. incentivea would rebate $46 millionj to Apple over the next10 years.
If the centef operated for 30 years, the price tag of the inducementws would zoomto $300 million, accordingb to a legislative analysis. Apple has hirer of Atlanta, an offshoot of that develops data centers. T5 triee to interest Apple in the 215,000-square-foot former Chris-Crafft facility in Kings Mountain. Millar deflected questions about Apple. “If ther were a user on the I would becallinhg you,” he says. Apple needs the East Coasf site for its server farm to handle growt h in its iTunesonline store. Its last significant data a $50 million facility, opened in Calif., in 2006.