La compañía de Cupertino está preparando un enorme datacenter que permitirá a la compañía hacer uso de aplicaciones en la nube de manera completamente eficiente. Os mostramos un vídeo desde el aire del mismo, y como se puede comprobar es realmente grande, no en vano, ocupa una superficie de más de 50.000 metros cuadrados.

La extensión de la nueva inversión de 1.000 millones de dólares es de aproximadamente 5 veces la del datacenter de Newark, California.

Con este nuevo datacenter se espera que Apple empiece a dar pasos en la dirección de cloud computing, y las malas lenguas hablando de la posibilidad de cuentas iTunes en la nube, con almacenamiento remoto, o lo que es lo mismo accesible desde cualquier localización con Internet.

First Look: Apple’s Massive iDataCenter

February 22nd, 2010 : Rich Miller

How big is Apple’s new iDataCenter in Maiden, North Carolina? It’s plenty big, as illustrated by this aerial video posted to YouTube (apparently taken by an area realtor) of the 500,000 square foot facility. The new $1 billion data center will be nearly five times the size of Apple’s existing 109,000 square foot Newark, Calif. facility, and is seen as a key component of Apple’s cloud computing strategy. The video is brief (about 35 seconds), but provides an interesting perspective on the new facility:

Apple’s data center in Maiden is expected to provide the back-end for a larger move into cloud computing, with most speculation focusing on a shift of iTunes user libraries from user desktops to online storage. For those just joining this story, here’s a summary of our reporting on Apple’s new facility:

• Is an iTunes “Reboot” Driving the iDataCenter Project?
• The iDataCenter and the Cloud
• Maiden iDataCenter Will be 500,000 Square Feet
• It’s Official: Apple Data Center to North Carolina
• The Apple-Google Data Center Corridor
• Apple iDataCenter set for Maiden
• Apple Moving Quickly on NC Project

Can this video tell us anything interesting about Apple’s data center design and what’s happening inside the facility? Have a look at the video and share your insights and theories in the comments.