In an interview with Cult of Mac, Rich Miller, editor of Data Center Knowledge, said “Apple is planning about 500,000 square feet of data center space in a single building.  That would place it among the largest data centers in the world…This would qualify as a big-ass data center.”

So Apple is planning on building an extremely large data center in the near future for their company to use.  The lingering questions remains:  Why?  Could it be for the potential implementation of cloud computing?  Are they planning on introducing a new product and/or service that would utilize so much power that it would require such an expansive data center?  So many possibilities, it’s quite exciting, actually.  Sound off in the comments below and share your opinions.  Let everyone know what you think!

[Via Gizmodo; Cult of Mac]