Apple Infinite Loop campus

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Construction of the campus began in 1992 and was completed in 1993 by the Sobrato Development Company.{{cite web |url = http://www.sobrato.com/portfolio_commercial.php?id=17&thumb=thumb1&img=img1&page=12 |publisher = The Sobrato Organization |title = Portfolio - Commercial: Apple Computer World Headquarters |access-date = May 10, 2010 |year = 2007 |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090402080117/http://sobrato.com/portfolio_commercial.php?id=17&thumb=thumb1&img=img1&page=12 |archive-date = April 2, 2009 }} Its area is {{convert|850000|sqft|m2}}. Prior to its construction, the land was occupied by the company Four-Phase Systems (later acquired by Motorola).

The campus was originally used exclusively for research and development, with Apple's corporate headquarters remaining at Building 1 on 20525 Mariani Ave (also known as Mariani One).{{cite web |title=Before the spaceship: A look back at the previous campuses that Apple called home |website=9to5Mac |url = https://9to5mac.com/2017/11/13/apple-original-campus-headquarters/|language=en-us |date=November 13, 2017}} At that time, its buildings were referred to as R&D 1–6. With the return of Steve Jobs to Apple in 1997, the campus became the company's official headquarters and its buildings were renamed "IL" instead of "R&D". Jobs also banned employees' pets from the building{{cite web |title=Steve Jobs, Pitbull Lover |url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/steve-jobs-pitbull-lover/ |website=Motherboard |language=en-us |date=October 10, 2011}} and dramatically improved the cafeteria menu.

On the night of August 12, 2008, a fire started on the second floor of the building Valley Green 6. The firefighters worked until morning to extinguish the fire. No injuries were reported, but the forty-year-old building suffered $2 million of fire damage.{{cite news |url = https://abc7news.com/archive/6323910/ |title = Fire burns building at Apple headquarters |date = August 13, 2008 |publisher = KGO-TV/DT |location = San Francisco, CA |access-date = July 19, 2010 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20100314101746/http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=6323910 |archive-date = March 14, 2010 |url-status = live }}

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The Apple Campus is located on the southeast corner of Interstate 280 and De Anza Boulevard, and occupies {{convert|32|acre|m2}}{{cite web |url = http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/06/05/04/piperjaffray_addresses_22_unanswered_apple_questions.html |title = PiperJaffray addresses 22 unanswered Apple questions |work = AppleInsider |date = May 4, 2006 |access-date = May 10, 2010 }} in six buildings spread over four floors. Each building is numbered with one digit on the private U-shaped street Infinite Loop, so named because of the programming concept of an infinite loop. The street, in conjunction with Mariani Avenue, actually does form a circuit (or cycle) that can circulate indefinitely. The main building has the address 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino, California. Employees refer to these buildings as IL1 to IL6 for Infinite Loop 1–6. Beyond Infinite Loop, the whole Apple Campus occupies an additional thirty buildings scattered throughout the city.

Some of these buildings are leased (with an average rental cost of $2.50 per square foot).{{cite web |url = http://sanjose.bizjournals.com/sanjose/stories/2005/10/03/story4.html?page=1 |title = Apple gobbles up Cupertino office space |work = San Jose Business Journal |first = Sharon |last = Simonson |date = September 30, 2005 |access-date = May 11, 2010 }} The company controls more than {{convert|3300000|sqft|m2}} for its activities in the city of Cupertino. This represents almost 40% of the {{convert|8800000|sqft|m2}} of office space and facilities for research and development available in the city.

At 1 Infinite Loop was an Apple Store selling Apple equipment and souvenirs. It was the only part of the campus open to the public.{{cite web |last1 = Bell |first1 = Karissa |title = Inside Apple's redesigned campus store in Cupertino |url = http://mashable.com/2015/09/19/apple-store-cupertino/ |website = Mashable |date = September 19, 2015 |access-date = November 22, 2015 }} The store was closed on January 20, 2024, at 6:00pm.{{Cite web |last=Rossignol |first=Joe |date=December 21, 2023 |title=Apple's Infinite Loop Store Permanently Closing Next Month |url=https://www.macrumors.com/2023/12/21/apples-infinite-loop-store-closing-next-month/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231222033610/https://www.macrumors.com/2023/12/21/apples-infinite-loop-store-closing-next-month/ |archive-date=December 22, 2023 |access-date=December 22, 2023 |website=MacRumors}}

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• [http://www.kinomap.com/#!kms-uzwjyk Cycling the Infinite Loop with interactive map] on Kinomap
• [http://www.applegazette.com/feature/inside-apple-hq/ Pictures from Inside Apple HQ] on AppleGazette.com
• {{Osmway|33463538|Apple Campus}}

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