Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 05 | Page 62

INTELLIGENT BRANDS // Green Technology Apple invests T in new green data centres he proposed facilities in County Galway, Ireland, and Denmark’s central Jutland will have the lowest environmental impact yet for an Apple data centre, the company said in a statement in February. Apple plans to invest €1.7bn in two European data centres that will run on 100 per cent renewable energy. 62 INTELLIGENTCIO “This significant new investment represents Apple’s biggest project in Europe to date,” said Apple chief executive Tim Cook. “We’re thrilled to be expanding our operations, creating hundreds of local jobs and introducing some of our most advanced green building designs yet.” Apple said the 166,000 square metre sites will begin operations in 2017 and run entirely on renewable energy sources from day one, taking www.intelligentcio.com