[dsspence]

They did open a large datacenter in North Carolina recently for mobileme and iTunes hosting. Albeit for a 10 year tax break, but they would have received that from any state.

[tensafefrogs]

Data centers usually don't have very many on-site employees, though. I think the idea here is to move the labor to the US.

[dsspence]

I agree. This says only 50-100 direct employees, once operational: http://arstechnica.com/apple/news/2009/07/maiden-nc-now-home...