- "Apple Campus" redirects here. For other Apple campuses, see Apple campus (disambiguation).
An image of the Apple Campus from Google Maps.
1 Infinite Loop, also known as Apple Campus, was Apple Inc.'s former headquarters in Cupertino, California, USA.
History
The campus was originally constructed for Apple Computer as a research and development facility by the Sobrato Organization and completed in 1993. After Apple co-founder Steve Jobs returned to the company in 1997, he relocated the headquarters from 20525 Mariani Avenue to 1 Infinite Loop. Though Apple still occupies the campus, the headquarters is now located at Apple Park, which opened in April 2017.[1][2]
Facilities
Though the Apple campus contains additional buildings on the other side of De Anza Boulevard, "1 Infinite Loop" generally refers to the six main buildings situated within the oval private street of Infinite Loop. Employees identify these buildings as IL1 through IL6. The inside of 1 Infinite Loop is restricted to employees and persons outside of Apple must be accompanied by employees. A large car park is located outside of 1 Infinite Loop.[2]
4 Infinite Loop (IL4) houses the Town Hall conference center, which hosted early Apple Special Events.[3]
Infinite Loop also housed The Company Store, the corporate store where customers could purchase Apple-branded merchandise; employees got a discount. In 2015, it was renovated and reopened as "Apple Infinite Loop" to present the full Apple retail store experience and now also sells the Mac and iOS lines. This store remains the only place within the campus that is open to the public.[4]
Trivia
- Infinite Loop location was originally home to the Four-Phase Systems company, which was acquired by Motorola.
- The name was inspired by the concept of the infinite loop in computer programming.
- In 2008, a fire struck Valley Green 6 (on the second floor). Firefighters worked for many hours to fix the fire. Although nobody was injured, an estimated $2 million was damaged through the fire.
References
- ↑ Before the spaceship: A look back at the previous campuses that Apple called home by Michael Steeber, 9to5Mac. 2017-11-13.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 A Trip to Infinite Loop … Two Decades Later by James Thomson, 512 Pixels. 2017-06-08.
- ↑ Apple’s Town Hall: A look back by Jason Snell and Stephen Hackett, Six Colors. 2016-03-20.
- ↑ Apple’s new company store to sell devices for the first time, new collection of Apple branded merchandise, by Jordan Kahn, 9to5Mac. 2015-09-18.
External links
- Apple Infinite Loop at Apple
- Apple Campus & Former Headquarters at Sobrato
- Apple Campus and Infinite Loop (street) at Wikipedia
