Ondrej Holzman Ngemuva kokuwa kwe-GT Advanced Technologies, obekufanele ikhiqize amasafire emikhiqizweni yama-apula, u-Apple wathembisa ukuthi ngeke asuke e-Mesa, e-Arizona, lapho kutholakala khona imboni enkulukazi. E-Arizona, i-Apple izovikela imisebenzi emisha futhi yakhe kabusha ifektri ukuze isetshenziselwe ezinye izinjongo.
"Bakhombisile ukuthi bazibophezele kithina: bafuna ukukhanda kabusha futhi basebenzise isakhiwo," esho, ngokusho kwakhe Bloomberg UChristopher Brady, uMphathi weDolobha laseMesa. U-Apple ugxile "ekugcineni imisebenzi e-Arizona" futhi uthembise "ukusebenza nezikhulu zombuso nezendawo njengoba zicubungula izinyathelo ezilandelayo."
IMesa, idolobha elinabantu abacishe babe ingxenye yesigidi emaphethelweni asePhoenix, ibe nesipiliyoni esingemnandi emasontweni adlule, njengoba abantu abangaphezu kuka-700 belahlekelwe imisebenzi ngemuva kokuwa kungazelelwe kwe-GTAT. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, i-Apple ekuqaleni yayihlele le mboni njengokubuyela kwayo okukhulu e-United States mayelana nokukhiqiza, kodwa ngokusobala ngeke ikhiqize isafire okwamanje.
"I-Apple ibingatshala imali efektri ngokoqobo noma kuphi emhlabeni," kuqaphela iMeya yeMesa uJohn Giles, manje ohlela ukuya eCupertino ukukhombisa ukusekelwa kwe-Apple kwedolobha. "Kunezizathu zokuza lapha, futhi akukho nesisodwa esishintshile."
Okwamanje akukacaci ukuthi i-Apple izoyisebenzisa kanjani ifektri, lapho enye inkampani yamaphaneli elanga yaqothuka ngaphambi kwe-GTAT. Abamele izinkampani zombili - kokubili i-Apple ne-GTAT - benqabile ukuphawula.
Kodwa idolobha laseMesa ngokwalo kanye nesifunda sase-Arizona benze umsebenzi omningi ukuheha i-Apple endaweni. Izidingo zamandla ka-Apple avuselelekayo ezingamaphesenti ayi-100 zahlangatshezwana nazo, kwakhiwa isiteshi sikagesi esisha, kanye neqiniso lokuthi indawo eseduze nefekthri yaqokwa njengendawo yohwebo lwangaphandle yanciphisa kakhulu intela yezakhiwo ezingaba khona.
Ungathola indaba ephelele yokuthi ukubambisana phakathi kwe-GTAT ne-Apple kuhlulekile kanjani nokuthi lezi zinkampani ezimbili zagcina zihlukane kanjani lapha.
