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Apple Buys Huge Data Center -- For iFlix Perhaps?

Apple has bought a giant data center in Newark, Calif., the San Jose Business Journal reports: The 107,000-square-foot facility, originally conceived for communications company MCI WorldCom before getting mothballed after its 2001 completion… … Data centers generally house computing, data-storage and networking equipment assisting in Web-based services and transactions. … Apple, with Mr. von Thaden’s […]
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Apple has bought a giant data center in Newark, Calif., the San Jose Business Journal reports:

The 107,000-square-foot facility, originally conceived for communications company MCI WorldCom before getting mothballed after its 2001 completion...

... Data centers generally house computing, data-storage and networking equipment assisting in Web-based services and transactions.

... Apple, with Mr. von Thaden's assistance, also just signed deals for the entire 116,830-square-foot office complex at 10400-10450 Ridgeview Ct. in Cupertino. This includes about 56,315 square feet leased directly from property owner Grosvenor International (represented by Brad Martin and Rich Hardy of Cushman & Wakefield) and 60,515 subleased from IBM (represented by CBRE's Frank Friedrich, Don Lonsinger and Doug Beck).

A datacenter this size seems like overkill for .Mac. Perhaps it'll house Apple's widely-expected iFlix online movie store?

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