wiredinUSA March 2015

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Dubai's airport has just become the first airport in the world
to have been equipped with a complete LED airfield lighting
system. The impressive project included fitting 1,300km of cable
and 8,200 LED lights in just 80 days – while the airport remained
operational throughout.
What makes this even more impressive is that the airport has
recently overtaken Heathrow, London, UK, as the busiest airport
in the world, catering for 70.4 million passengers throughout
2014. The full story can be found on page 9.
Living up to its name is Apple. The company is investing $848m
for a solar photovoltaic plant to power the majority of its sites
in California. Built on a 1,300-acre site in Monterey County, the
plant will provide enough power to supply its headquarters in
Cupertino, its data center in Newark, all Apple offices and 52
stores. Full details are on page 10.
Also in this issue we start looking forward to Interwire, which is
being staged in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, from 27th to 30th April. The
exhibitor listing and details of some of the companies exhibiting
start on page 40.
David Bell
Editor
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