Apple (AAPL.O) ditched plans to build an 850 million euro (743 million pounds) data centre in Ireland because of delays in the approval process that have stalled the project for more than three years, the iPhone maker said on Thursday. Apple announced plans in February 2015 to build the facility in the rural western town of Athenry to take advantage of green energy sources nearby, but a series of planning appeals, chiefly from two individuals, delayed its approval. Ireland’s High Court ruled in October that the data centre could proceed, dismissing the appellants who then took their case …read more
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