Apple closes factory partner

The Apple company intends to build its own main data center in place of the factory's own bankrupt partner. For the implementation of this huge project will cost 2 billion.

The company GT Advanced Technologies, a former partner of Apple, engaged in the creation of sapphire glass. The data center will be fully Autonomous in the use of electricity, and all the equipment will operate on solar energy, told Macrumors.

More than one year ago, in the fall of 2013, it became known that Apple together with company GT Advanced Technologies will create a sapphire crystal in Arizona at the new plant. Directly this material is used as a protective surface for lenses and detectors fingerprints on the Apple devices to identify users.

Less than a year, and the company GT Advanced Technologies told about his own ruin. As said local media, this has become possible thanks to a very disadvantageous contract with Apple. Built in Arizona plant that Apple together with company GT Advanced Technologies will create a sapphire crystal in Arizona at the new plant. Directly this material is used as a protective surface for lenses and detectors fingerprints on the Apple devices to identify users.

Less than a year, and the company GT Advanced Technologies told about his own ruin. As said local media, this has become possible thanks to a very disadvantageous contract with Apple. Built in Arizona, the plant was planned to lease GT Advanced Technologies. But economic problems mate, forced Apple to reconsider their own projects and repurposing of the object. After project implementation, the data center will play the role of a "command center" for large-scale information network company.

As announced by the followers of Apple, the object will work only with "nezapyatannoy" energy, including solar. Such data centers, the company has already built in 2 States - North Carolina and Nevada.

Local media said that the project will be one of the biggest investments Apple. The new data center will create more than 600 workers places for engineers and master builders. Apple will begin construction when you get control of the land, and hopes to develop the project at least for 30 years.

Factory building with an area of 12 acres formerly owned by the manufacturer of solar panels, First Solar, which has stopped using them after reduction of business in 2012. In 2013, Apple said it would buy the plant and leases it GT, which a year later initiated the process of bankruptcy, spreading greater part of workers. February 2, 2014 Apple announced that can help almost half deprived of their employees to find himself a new job.

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