If the energy from wind turbines hadn’t been available, the chief executive of Apple says his company would not have chosen Iowa as the site for two new data centers. Apple C-E-O Tim Cook called renewable energy “paramount” to the decision.
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The State of Iowa and the City of Waukee will provide more than 200-million dollars’ worth of tax breaks and incentives to Apple for the project. Apple will spend nearly one-point-four BILLION dollars on construction and about 50 full-timers will work at the data centers once it’s completed. Critics are already questioning the return on state and local governments’ investment. Cook offered this reply.
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Cook pledged Apple will contribute up to 100 million dollars toward public improvements in Waukee, including construction of a new sports complex.
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