4 posts and columns on square feet

Make the Rent Check Out to "Google"

in Media on December 3, 2010 at 4:24 am PT

See? Google isn’t a one-trick pony, after all: The search giant is going to become a landlord, after spending $1.9 billion on a building that takes up an entire New York City block. One interesting tenant: Spotify.

That’s Apple’s New Data Center? Where’s the Giant Glass Cube?

in News on February 22, 2010 at 2:01 pm PT

When plans for it were first announced, Apple’s North Carolina data center was described as “as big as they come” and in more colloquial parlance, as “big-assed.” And that is truly the case, as this brief aerial video posted to YouTube demonstrates.

CES to Give Apple 25,000 Square Feet of Free Advertising

in News on May 22, 2009 at 4:55 am PT

If Macworld isn’t on its last legs after Apple’s withdrawal from the event, the Consumer Electronics Association is clearly hoping the annual Apple-only convention soon will be. The group, which hosts the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas every January, said Thursday that it is expanding the amount of show floor space dedicated to Apple.
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Amazon Closes Book on Distribution Centers

in News on March 27, 2009 at 4:10 am PT

Amazon has weathered the recession better than most, but not without a concession… or three. The retailer said Thursday that it is shuttering a trio of distribution centers in three states and will sack or transfer the 210 employees who work at them. It’s the first time Amazon has closed a warehouse since 2006.