Inside Apple’s retailer in Taipei, Taiwan
Taiwan press venues are circulating rumors of a brand new Apple datacenter coming that do not look like primarily based on something, making claims of a $14 billion profit to the nation’s economic system questionable, at greatest.
Apple does construct information facilities — or tries to — and just lately it has been reported to be engaged on AI processors for such information facilities. So rumors amongst the know-how business in Taiwan that Apple is to construct an information heart within the nation are theoretically attainable.
It might’t be completely counted out, however the report in Cash.UDM actually says it’s primarily based on optimism. That optimism throughout the nation’s know-how sector is predicated on how Google, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Amazon AWS have no less than made related plans.
The publication additionally sees as proof solely that the Ministry of Digital Growth is alleged to have responded solely that the information couldn’t be confirmed. There doesn’t seem to have been an try to ask Apple.
It is additional extrapolated from this rumor, that Apple would require inexperienced vitality and that subsequently the inexperienced business would profit. Particularly, it is claimed that the financial advantages pushed by a brand new information heart and its associated building, can be value 100 billion yaun ($13.78 billion.)
A datacenter would deliver financial advantages to the area. Apple’s plans for a datacenter in Atherny, County Galway, was mentioned to be costing the corporate $1 billion — however it additionally brought about protests and authorized challenges, and has to date been deserted.
So the concomitant financial advantages to a area weren’t sufficient to steer the folks of Galway. However total, such a venture does deliver building and operational jobs, plus the availability and maybe manufacture of associated items and companies.
For customers, every information heart Apple builds helps reduce downtime globally. It additionally makes supply of companies from Apple TV+ to iCloud sooner and extra environment friendly.
Including to the explanations to doubt the rumor of Apple constructing a brand new information heart in Taiwan, is that the publication reporting it additionally variously refers to Honghai and Honkai. Primarily based on the employees named, it’s utilizing each phrases to consult with the Hon Hai Precision Trade Co., Ltd, which owns Foxconn.
Apple is a significant buyer of Foxconn, though removed from the one one, however the agency is related as a result of this new datacenter hypothesis follows a gathering of its shareholders by which Foxconn’s Zheng Hongmeng emphasised the expansion of AI.
In what’s probably a mistaken machine translation, he’s mentioned to have shouted at shareholders that, “There is definitely no need to worry.” His level was apparently that AI processor demand is booming, however it is not clear why shareholders noticed this as a priority.
Individually, Apple is already a big contributor to the Taiwanese economic system. In addition to it working two Apple Shops within the area, Apple’s processor provider TSMC can be primarily based within the nation. As of 2021, Apple was TSMC’s largest single buyer, accounting for 1 / 4 of the then newest $48.08 billion annual income figures.