The bill, which lowers the tax the company would pay, must go back to the Senate because the House modified the Senate's version. The House approved the bill 80-34.
The House's changes limited the bill to apply only to one company and required that company to invest $1 billion within nine years. State officials won't specify who they are trying to lure, but "it's widely said that the company is Apple," notes the News Observer. The company is purportedly considering the state for a data center, "essentially a giant warehouse of computer servers, likely to run company services such as the iTunes music store and the application store for its popular iPhone."
What exactly does Apple have planned? Only Steve Jobs knows, but BNET Technology is offering three scenarios.
One: it might be involved in scenario to give away a year of extensive software-as-a-service to make the price of an Apple netbook seem lower.
Two: Apple is developing a combination game and media mobile device. High-end games can take up a lot of room — gigabytes worth. That would mean a lot more storage than the video, audio, and iPhone apps that the company already offers.


Three: There is also the rumor that the new Apple netbook is actually an e-book reader. Add together iTunes, games, and e-books. Maybe Apple sees itself as becoming a direct competitor to Amazon, at least on the electronic front.
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