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		mangecoeur on Feb 23, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Apple invests €1.7B in renewable energy data centr... And most definitely not a move designed to sweeten the European Union's mood after their investigation into Apple Europe's (allegedly) illegal tax deals :P (http://europa.eu/rapid/press-release_IP-14-663_en.htm)

toomuchtodo on Feb 23, 2015 [–]

If you have money overseas that you don't want to repatriate because of tax rates (personal opinion: tax rates aren't too high for repatriation), would it not make sense to spend that money on renewables overseas for energy you're going to consume anyway?

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