New Apple campus in the U.S. would already have two states as top candidates

That Apple is going to build a new campus in the United States, nothing new for anyone this was announced earlier this year as part of a huge investment package that Ma will make in its homeland, encouraged by the tax reform of President Donald Trump.

The big question so far: where will this new venture be? Now, we already have some clues: two reports from different vehicles point to two American states as the main candidates to receive the third Apple campus (the current two are in Cupertino, California).

Virginia

The first one, from Washington Post, eg the northern state of Virginia as likely chosen by Ma. The area is very close to Washington D.C. and it could represent a strategic location for Apple after all, Ma has a very small physical representation on the US East Coast and could take advantage of its proximity to the White House to establish a more, shall we say, friendly relationship with the government.

According to the report, agents from the urban development area of ​​the state of Virginia stated that Apple is looking for a land of more than 350,000m for the possible development, which represents 2/3 of the area occupied by the Pentagon or more than 30% more than the Apple Park area (260,000m) in Cupertino. Apple plots were offered in Crystal City and Tysons Corner, but it is not known what Ma's decision was.

good to note that Amazon is looking for spaces for the construction of its own campus in the same locations and, even, the same land shown in Apple was offered to Jeff Bezos' company. In other words, if Ma decides to set foot in Virginia, she may have to face (more) a fight with one of her main competitors in the field of intelligent assistants.

North Caroline

The second possible Apple candidate for the construction of its new campus is the state of North Carolineaccording to Triangle Business Journal. The publication stated that Ma would be targeting mainly an area in the Research Triangle Park, one hub technological development with more than 200 hectares that already attracts several companies in the field and benefits from the proximity to universities with tradition in the area, such as Duke and State of North Carolina.

According to the story, Tim Cook himself would have met with the governor of the state, Roy Cooper, and trade secretary Tony Copeland to discuss a possible partnership in the endeavor. Remember that the CEO was just in North Carolina this week, to give a speech honoring graduates of Duke University (where he did his MBA).

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Whatever Ma's decision may be, one of the two above or another completely different one, the fact that the new campus will be quite a breakthrough in Ma's American ambitions.