Contractors begin work on Apple's $67M Prineville data center
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (AP) - Contractors have begun leveling ground and pouring concrete for the foundation of an Apple data center at Prineville in Central Oregon.
The Bend Bulletin reports that building permits were approved Oct. 19 for the 338,000-square-foot building, and the work started shortly after that.
The estimated project cost is about $67.1 million, according to county permits for construction, electrical and mechanical work, and plumbing and sprinkler installation.
Apple hasn't released a construction timeline nor elaborated on its plans for a second structure. They're expected to house servers for Apple's iCloud data.
The company paid $5.6 million in February for 160 acres of vacant land where it is now building.
Information from: The Bulletin, http://www.bendbulletin.com
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I'm hoping the contractors are Oregon based, and not from out of state.
 @pdxd Typically, when companies build data centers, they try to use local contractors in order to keep construction costs down, however, more often then not, it goes to the lowest bidder, but 99% of the time it goes to an American company. I know this because I have supplied equipment for several of the data centers that went into central Washington and the general contractor on all of these facilities have been local.
@pdxd Or from out of the country, like the contractors on the S.F.-Oakland Bay bridge!