Apple to Spend Nearly $2 Billion on New European Data Centers
19 October 2018 15:53 WIB
TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Apple said it would spend 1.7 billion euros or $1.9 billion to build two data centers in Europe that would be fully powered by renewable energy and create hundreds of employments.
The company said data centers to be build in Ireland and Denmark, will strengthen Apple's online services, such as iTunes Store, App Store, iMessage, Maps and Siri for customers throughout Europe.
The investment plans to be evenly divided between the two countries, where the Irish government confirmed that 850 million euros would be used in Ireland.
The two data centers are expected to start operating in 2017.
"This significant new investment represents Apple's biggest project in Europe to date," Apple CEO Tim Cook said in a statement.
"We’re thrilled to be expanding our operations, creating hundreds of local jobs and introducing some of our most advanced green building designs yet," he added.
The data center in Ireland will be located in Athenry, near Galway on the west coast, while in Denmark, it will be in Viborg, western Denmark.
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