Apple to invest €1.7B in new data centers
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) has announced a €1.7B plan to build and operate two European data centers, powering its online services, including the iTunes Store, App Store, iMessage, Maps and Siri, for customers across Europe.
Like all Apple data centers, the two 166K sq. meter facilities will run entirely on clean, renewable energy sources, and are expected to begin operations in 2017.