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Apple planning solar farm in Catawba County (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: November 1,2011

With its data center in Maiden kicking into high gear after the launch of the iCloud service in October, Apple is preparing a solar farm for supplemental power on part of its 170 acres off Startown Road. The 100-acre project is described in Catawba County permit filings as “Solar panel farm A.” Costs have not been disclosed, [...]


Apple center plants seeds of housing hope in Maiden (access required)

By Scott Baughman
Published: September 2,2011

The idea of high-tech companies being drawn to the western North Carolina foothills might sound strange to some people. To tech giant Apple, which is building a data center in the Catawba County town of Maiden, it sounds like a good idea. The project, announced last year, has some in the real estate industry hopeful [...]