Apple to build data centre out of failed sapphire plant

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Invests $2.6 billion in conversion.

Apple plans to invest US$2 billion (A$2.6 billion) to convert a failed sapphire glass plant in Arizona into a data command centre.

Apple to build data centre out of failed sapphire plant

Apple partnered with GT Advanced Technologies to set up the plant in Mesa in 2013 to manufacture scratch-resistant sapphire screens.

But GT Advanced filed for bankruptcy last October and closed the plant, after the company's sapphire glass was left out of Apple's new iPhones.

"This multi-billion dollar project is one of the largest investments we've ever made," Apple spokeswoman Rachel Wolf said in a statement.

The investment is expected to create 600 engineering and construction jobs at the data centre, Apple said, adding that the plant would be powered mostly by solar energy.

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