Apple's Maiden, North Carolina datacenter for iCloud and iTunes is doing little to help local business, a story from the small town has found. Although the state gave significant breaks to be chosen for the datacenter, the Washington Post found that the sheer efficiency of the server cluster has led to little improvement in the higher than average unemployment in the area. Only 50 workers are needed to run the datacenter full-time, and about 250 contractors are needed for security and other supporting work.
