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Olivier Sanche, the man who oversaw Apple's global data center operations, died last Thursday, Apple has confirmed.
Olivier Sanche, Apple's chief of global data centers passed away on Nov. 25. He was 41.
Sanche, 41, died of a heart attack on Thanksgiving Day, according to multiple reports from his friends.
"We are saddened by Olivier's passing," an Apple spokesperson said today. "We will miss him tremendously and our thoughts are with his family,"
An Apple employee for 16 months, he played a big part in the building of Apple's $1 billion North Carolina data center, according to the blog Apple Insider. Apple hasn't disclosed how the data center, which some have begun calling "the orchard," but the speculation is that the center will be used to power the cloud services that Apple is working on, according to numerous sources.
Apple has also yet to disclose when the facility will be operating.
Sanche formerly worked at eBay and AT&T.
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Olivier Sanche, Apple's chief of global data centers passed away on Nov. 25. He was 41. Sanche, 41, died of a heart attack on Thanksgiving Day, according to multiple reports from his friends.
"We are saddened by Olivier's passing," an Apple spokesperson said today. "We will miss him tremendously and our thoughts are with his family,"
An Apple employee for 16 months, he played a big part in the building of Apple's $1 billion North Carolina data center, according to the blog Apple Insider. Apple hasn't disclosed how the data center, which some have begun calling "the orchard," but the speculation is that the center will be used to power the cloud services that Apple is working on, according to numerous sources.
Apple has also yet to disclose when the facility will be operating.
Sanche formerly worked at eBay and AT&T.
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