Apple Bought One Acre of Land for its Data Center for $1.7million [Video]

When Apple asks to buy your farm, there’s your chance to apply the ” big corporation tax.” The Fulbright family asked for $1.7m when Apple fancied their acre of land adjacent to their iTunes data center in North Carolina .

34 years ago, that one acre cost the Fulbrights $6,000. After selling to Apple, they now own 49-acres and live a life of luxury. Oh, to have the unknown foresight the Fulbrights had back then, eh?

A video from earlier this year shows their data center from the sky, which spans 500,000 square feet, and may be completely built by the tip of the year. I shouldn’t ought to spell out what this knowledge center is going to be used for, but in the event that your mind is suddenly envisioning fluffy white clouds you then’re on the appropriate path. Hello, North Carolina iTunes-streaming center !

If Apple’s keen to open a knowledge center in Australia, I will be able to definitely put them in contact with my parents. I’m sure Dad wouldn’t mind selling our farm for a number of hundred mill and 2 iTunes gift vouchers. [ Bloomberg via 9to5Mac ]

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