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Apple announces $2B global command center in Arizona
CNBC ^ | February 2, 2015 | Everett Rosenfeld

Posted on 02/02/2015 1:11:25 PM PST by Swordmaker

Apple will build a $2 billion global command center in Mesa, Arizona, the company announced Monday.

The new facility is expected to employ 150 full-time Apple employees and will hire 300 to 500 construction and trade jobs, according to a news release from Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey. The tech giant said it would be one of the largest investments it has ever made.

Apple has pledged to completely power the facility with renewable energy, building out solar projects in the process.

"This multibillion-dollar project is one of the largest investments we've ever made, and when completed it will add over 600 engineering and construction jobs to the more than one million jobs Apple has already created in the U.S." Apple said in a statement on the project. The announcement comes four months after an earlier Apple plan for the 1.3 million-square-foot facility it bought in 2013 failed. Apple had a deal with Merrimack, New Hampshire-based GT Advanced Technologies to use the plant to make sapphire glass for its products, but the company declared bankruptcy in October after production issues developed.

GT openly accused Apple of using a "classic bait-and-switch strategy." Read MoreGT Advanced parting ways with Apple, will close Arizona facility

For its part, the Arizona government was happy to announce the major investment.

"This is a great day for Arizona, and we have moved rapidly to make this happen and take advantage of Apple's interest in our state," Ducey said in a release. "Apple is by far one of the most innovative and successful companies in the world. Its decision to bring this new facility to Mesa is a huge win for Arizona and a high testament to our business-friendly climate and talented workforce."

"This expansion will bring a significant economic investment, and propel Arizona's position as one of the best states in the nation in which to do business," he added.

Read MoreNext for Apple: How much will iPhone demand drop? Apple's renewable energy initiatives set a high bar for its competitors, according to a statement from Greenpeace following the Apple announcement.

"Other major data center operators, especially market leader Amazon Web Services, should begin to match the speed and scale of Apple's progress by adopting renewable energy at a pace that matches their growth," Greenpeace Senior IT Sector Analyst Gary Cook said in the news release.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: apple; arizona; mesa
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To: Jim Robinson; AFreeBird

Think about it this way. If a company can build that kind of huge facility, and be energy-independent (i.e., producing their own energy) still make money at what their business is ... AND ... pump energy back into the grid on top of all that ... I would say that’s PRETTY AMAZING!


41 posted on 02/02/2015 4:10:33 PM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Swordmaker

What is going to be commanded at the Global Command Center? Seems rather nebulous to me.


42 posted on 02/02/2015 4:12:58 PM PST by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: SamAdams76; Corey Ohlis

You bet! That’s really AMAZING what Apple is doing and I’m proud of them showing the way for other companies to do the same thing! They are energy independent (that makes the facility more secure) ... AND ... they actually pump energy back into the grid, on top of what they use!


43 posted on 02/02/2015 4:14:53 PM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Future Snake Eater

I like the idea of Solar Power ... and why not?! The sun is a HUGE SOURCE of energy. Good for Apple in doing this!


44 posted on 02/02/2015 4:17:36 PM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Wyatt's Torch; Future Snake Eater

Yep, guilt by association ... but heck! I would like to get my house energy independent like that, too ... and be able to pump energy back onto the grid on top of it.


45 posted on 02/02/2015 4:26:36 PM PST by Star Traveler (Remember to keep the Messiah of Israel in the One-World Government that we look forward to coming)
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To: Star Traveler

Pretty amazing. Especially if they’re not doing it with special tax credits or government subsidies or trying to push the global warming hoax.


46 posted on 02/02/2015 4:31:39 PM PST by Jim Robinson (Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God!!)
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To: Wyatt's Torch

Yeah, you nailed it. That’s it exactly. In my LED bulb example, people are pissed about the GOP idiot who began the process of banning incandescents, and rightly so. That doesn’t make LED bulbs a bad technology, but the technology and the political action are inseparable with some people.


47 posted on 02/02/2015 4:33:49 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: Future Snake Eater

I also don’t understand the “they shouldn’t use tax credits” argument. Under that logic make sure you fill out your taxes without a mortgage interest deduction. Make sure you fund your 401k with after tax not pre-tax dollars. Don’t take the property tax deduction. That’s just silly...


48 posted on 02/02/2015 4:47:47 PM PST by Wyatt's Torch
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To: Swordmaker

A 2 billion investment for 150 jobs. Full employment is over. And yes, there will be some spin off)


49 posted on 02/02/2015 4:58:07 PM PST by sunrise_sunset
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To: Jim Robinson

There are massive subsidies, also, this plant was closed by an Apple supplier last year.


50 posted on 02/02/2015 4:59:05 PM PST by sunrise_sunset
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To: Wyatt's Torch

It all points to a significant lack of analytic ability by many people. I shudder to think this, but maybe there’s not a huge difference between most conservatives and “LIVs”...


51 posted on 02/02/2015 5:06:31 PM PST by Future Snake Eater (CrossFit.com)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

Sure because, they’re getting so much free money... That $2B they’re pouring into it, isn’t really theirs. They didn’t earn that, or build those billion devices/widgets or whatever either.

We’re not talking Solandra here, or any of the other Barry sponsored recipients of the so-called ”stimulus” money. Agree with the premis or not, those “incentives” exist, for any and everyone willing and able to take advantage of them.

The Solandras actually got cold hard cash from us and then promptly went out of business.

And, regardless of what some of the pundents would have you believe; I’m not seeing Apple going out of business anytime soon.

Now, all that cash Apple is sitting on, overseas; they would really like to bring it back home and put it to work. But no, the collective heads in DC - ON BOTH SIDES - are stuck so far up their greedy little @$$es, that they’d rather see it remain sitting overseas than to have it repatriated and brought back here and put to work. So much so, that Apple, a company with some $180B in cash, took out a loan to build their new HQ. A company that is now going to issue $5B in BONDS for stock buybacks and other purposes.

Why!?

Because it’s cheaper!

Why!?

Because our so-called representatives are morons!


52 posted on 02/02/2015 8:36:43 PM PST by AFreeBird
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To: Swordmaker

Too bad the saphire screens didn’t work out, I wonder if the concept will ever be workable?

Thanks!

Ed


53 posted on 02/04/2015 9:00:58 AM PST by Sir_Ed
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