Gallery: Exclusive Pics: Apple Breaks Ground at Mystery Data Center

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    *Is this Apple's Bloom Energy fuel cell plant? These new foundations could hold racks of 200-megawatt fuel cells, according to Gary Cook, an IT analyst with Greenpeace who has been following Maiden closely. Apple had said that the fuel cells could start coming online as soon as June, but clearly that has not yet happened.*
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    *Here is Apple's new tactical data center. This 11-room facility seems to have a few extra security measures. It includes "man traps," meaning that visitors will have to walk through two sets of security doors to get inside, and it's bordered by its own 8-foot chain-link fence. Those five long white units at the bottom of the photo are diesel backup generators.*
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    *Another look at the tactical data center.*
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    *New solar panels going in across the road.*
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    *Another look at Apple's 100-acre solar farm.*
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    *Apple seems to be using dirt from this mound to build an earthen levee around the new structure.*
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