Apple's next campus

GreenTech has an article about the little that is publicly known about Apple's plans for its next campus.

Steve Jobs made a presentation to the Cupertino City Council on Tuesday, 8 June 2011, during which he showed off the architects' plans for the new building. It will take the form of a giant ring enclosing a large courtyard. The building will provide space for 12,000 employees. Most of its parking will be underground. The campus is intended to supply most if not all of its own power.

Housing 12,000 employees in one building will be a significant improvement over the current situation in which workers in Cupertino are scattered among many buildings around the main campus. Don't underestimate the positive effect of having ready, or at least readier, physical access to coworkers, access that doesn't require a shuttle bus or crossing traffic (either or both of which are required today).

Now we know why Harold Camping's second prediction for the date of the Rapture, 21 May, was wrong, and we can be confident that Camping's third guess isn't going to work out either: obviously, the Rapture can't happen until Steve's mothership is ready sometime in 2015....