1. Apple breaks ground at mystery data center; spy plane photos posted online

    Apple is building something new at its Maiden, North Carolina data center, and thanks to our 1949 Piper PA-11 (Cub Special) iSpy Plane, we can give you an exclusive first look,” Robert McMillan reports for Wired. “In our photos, taken Monday, you can see construction crews laying the foundations for a new approximately 20,0000-square-foot structure in a wooded area just northwest of the main data center,” McMillan reports. “Apple appears to be finally building its 4.8-megawatt array of Bloom Energy fuel cells, which convert biogas into electricity.”

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