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Apple Park: INSIDE THE WORLD'S MOST EXPENSIVE LAND-BASED SPACESHIP

A SIGNPOST TO FUTURE INNOVATIONS IN OUR OWN HOMES

Is it a donut? Is it spaceship? Perhaps, but really, it’s Apple Park – now officially one of the most expensive buildings on the planet. Following an official, but challenging assessment by Santa Clara County, the campus in Cupertino has now been valued at an astonishing $4.17 billion.

Covering no fewer than 2.8 million square feet of land, Apple Park itself is worth $3.6 billion, with all of the computers, furniture, and custom-made equipment and features across the site making up the rest of the value (hence, the challenge the assessors faced in coming up with a precise valuation).

Apple Park, which took nearly four years to build , cost around.

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