https://www.cnet.com/news/apple-scraps-plans-for-1bn-data-center-in-ireland/ >Apple is giving up on plans to build a data center in Ireland after waiting three years for final approval that never came, according to Reuters. >The center, which was expected to cost 850 million euros ($1 billion), was announced in 2015 and was supposed to be built in the town of Athenry on Ireland's west coast. Apple chose the location because of its proximity to renewable energy sources, something the company takes very seriously. In April, Apple announced that 100 percent of its facilities run on clean energy.