Apple Confirms Plans for Oregon Data Center

Data Center Knowledge (Feb 21 2012) Construction , Power and Cooling , Cloud Computing

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   Apple has bought 160 acres of land in Prineville, Oregon, and plans to build a major data center in the rural town, which is already home to a huge Facebook data center campus. A deed filed last week shows that Apple has purchased the land from Crook County for $5.6 million, according to the Central Oregonian. Apple spokesperson Kristin Huguet confirmed to local media that the company purchased the land for a data center, but offered no additional details other than to say it would be a “green” facility. Apple currently operates a large data center in Maiden, North Carolina. The 500,000 square foot iDataCenter is providing suport for Apple’s new iCloud service, which stores and synchronizes music, photos and data across multiple devices.

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