السبت، 23 أبريل 2011

N.C. lures Apple to build $1B data center - Triangle Business Journal:

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The facility will employ at least 50peoplwe full-time. Perdue did not disclos e a specific location forthe facility, but Charlotts Business Journal reported that Apple is that woulx put the server farm in in Catawba northwest of Charlotte. The Apple announcemeng came Wednesday morning aftetr Perdue signed legislation that modifies the methosd bywhich capital-intensive businesses calculate corporate income tax liabilityh in the state. The new law couldr lower Apple's tax bill by $46 millio n over the next decade ifthe company's spends at least $1 billiojn on its server farm.
As part of the a capital-intensive industry must meet investment and wage standardzs and provide its employees with healthj insurance in order to utilizee the modified formula for calculating the state corporateincome tax, the governor’ss office said. It also must locate in one of the state’sz more economically distressed Tier 1 or Tier 2 The legislation requires that the averags wage exceed the wage standard of the county inwhicyh it’s located.
A data center such as this will typically contracr locally for services such as servefr maintenanceand repair, building and HVAC maintenance, landscaping and securityu – expenditures that the governor’s office says coulr range from $5 million to $6 million annuallyg in the region and create up to 250 “North Carolina continues to be a primwe location for growing and expanding globak technology companies,” Perdue said in a writtenn statement. “We welcome Apple to Northj Carolina and look forward to working with the compant as it begins providing a significant economic boost to local communities andthe state.
” The Norty Carolina Department of Commerce projects that a data center investment of $1 billion would create more than 3,0000 jobs in the regional economy, including hundreds of jobs relatef to construction and others created as a resulg of economic growth.

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