DUBLIN: A planned US$1bil (RM4.24bil) Apple datacentre is in doubt after Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said the US company's chief executive Tim Cook would no longer commit to it, adding that Dublin would do whatever necessary to get it built. Apple announced plans in February 2015 to build the facility in a rural location in the west of Ireland to take advantage of green energy sources nearby, but the project has faced a two-year delay due to planning objections. In a meeting on Nov 2, Cook did not commit to going ahead with it, Varadkar told state broadcaster RTE. Apple did not respond to an e-mail query asking about whether it was committed to the project. A similar Apple centre announced at the same time in Denmark is due to begin operations later this year and Apple in July announced it would build its second EU datacentre there.

Source: The Star November 06, 2017 04:18 UTC