According to “9to5Mac” (http://www.9to5mac.com/38912/apples-top-data-center-executive-olivier-sanche-passes-away), Oliver Sanche (center), the man in charge of all things related to data centers for Apple, passed away last Thursday from a heart attack.

Sanche was heading Apple’s soon-launching North Carolina data center, the article adds. He joined Apple from eBay in late 2009 where he used to lead data center projects as well.