Ngenxa yokushicilelwa kwe-Oregonlive, sifunde ukuthi i-Apple ithenge umhlaba ongaba amahektare angama-200 (cishe ama-810 ayizinkulungwane zamamitha-skwele) ePrineville (Oregon) kuleli sonto. Izwe lingasemakhelwane liseduze nezikhungo i-Apple esivele isebenza kuleyo ndawo. Kulinganiselwa ukuthi inkampani ibingakhokha isamba esiseduze nama-dollar ayizigidi ezingama-3,6 kuleso sakhiwo esisha.
Noma kunjalo, akukacaciswa ukuthi lowo mhlaba uzosetshenziselwa ini, noma ngabe konke kukhombisa ukuthi uzosetshenziselwa ukunweba umnikazi wedatha asevele esebenza, ngisho lokhu ngoba ngo-Ephreli isicelo sethulwe yi-Apple ukuthi sandiswe isikhungo sayo sedatha e-Oregon. Kuleso sicelo, i-Apple iveze ukuthi ifuna ukwakha amanye ama- "aggregation" amabili hlala amapulazi wakho weseva ngezinsizakalo ezenzelwe ifu. Le phrojekthi kulindeleke ukuthi ibize ngaphezu kwe- $ 6 million.
I-Apple ilindele ukwehliswa kwentela okufanayo ngendawo yebhizinisi kusuka lapho jabulela isitshalo sakho esivele sikhona lapho uqhubeka nokwakha izakhiwo zakho ezingezwe kulokhu. Le nkampani yakhela esivumelwaneni seminyaka eyi-15 esakhiwe nguhulumeni ukukhuthaza ukuthuthukiswa kwezifunda ezinamazinga aphezulu abantu abangasebenzi.
Lokhu kuncishiswa kuzosebenza kunoma iyiphi inkampani ngaphandle "kwezigidigidi" lapho kusebenza khona izintela ezithile ezengeziwe. Ngokubuyisa, ukuze basebenzise ezinye izinzuzo, kumele bavume ukudala ubuncane bemisebenzi ngeholo elijwayelekile ngaphezulu kwalolo olusungulwe esifundeni.
Khumbula ukuthi ekuqaleni i-Apple ithenge amahektare ayi-159 ePrineville ngo-2012 ukuqala ukwakha i-datacenter yayo. Ngalezi zitshalo ezintsha ezingeziwe, i-Apple manje unamahektare angama-359 edolobheni ukwenza imisebenzi yakho esekwe ngamafu.