Apple plans to take over former GT Advanced Sapphire factory in Arizona to build datacenter
Feb02
Following Apple’s legal battles with GT Advanced, CNBC reports today that Apple is taking over the company’s former site in Mesa, Arizona. According to the report, the new facility will hire 150 full-time Apple employees and 300 to 500 construction and trade jobs. Apple has pledged to power the facility with renewable energy and will spend $2 billion on upgrading it. We wrote late last year of Apple’s woes with GT Advanced failing to deliver adequate amounts of sapphire, resulting in the iPhone 6 not receiving the upgraded glass. The location in Mesa, Arizona is the same factory that GT Advanced was…
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