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Irish court rejects appeal against $1 billion Apple data centre
November 1, 2017 / 11:53 AM / Updated 4 hours ago

Irish court rejects appeal against $1 billion Apple data centre

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland’s High Court on Wednesday rejected an appeal against Apple’s plans to build an 850 million euro ($1 billion)data centre in Ireland, clearing the way for the project to proceed.

FILE PHOTO: A man looks at the screen of his mobile phone in front of an Apple logo outside its store in Shanghai, China on July 30, 2017. REUTERS/Aly Song/File Photo

A judge said there were no grounds to appeal after some residents objected on environmental grounds.

Apple in February 2015 announced plans to build the data centre in a rural location in the west of Ireland to take advantage of rich green energy sources nearby.

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Reporting By Conor Humphries. Writing by Andrew MacAskil

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