“At a meeting with Beijing’s acting mayor Wang Anshun on January 8, Apple CEO Tim Cook said the company plans to set up an R&D center in Beijing, an unnamed insider source told Tencent Tech today,” BrightWire reports.
“Cook also noted that Apple will move a certain amount of its servers for App Store and iTunes to China in order to improve the downloading speed for users in China,” BrightWire reports.
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MacDailyNews Take: Apple’s not going to “move” servers to China. They’ll be adding capacity worldwide for the foreseeable future and beyond.
I am blown away that these idiots don’t realize Apple is most likely building billion dollar server farms on every continent. Those solar panels and fuel cells in the North Carolina are being tested out for use in less stable power locations.
Clueless! Do they really think all are going to be disclosed? Security states no.
I miss those days when “BILLION DOLLAR SERVER FARM” appeared in all caps … 😉