Apple Nabs Yahoo's Data Center Chief

Apple has hired Scott Noteboom, VP of data center engineering and operations at Yahoo, reports GigaOm.

Since joining Yahoo! in 2005, he has served as chief design architect and a founder of the company's data center self construct / operate initiatives. He also managed over 10x growth of the companies data center / compute operating footprint, leading teams that installed and support multi hundred thousand hosts. Scott's duties include managing all aspects of the data center lifecycle– from design, construction, operations, to de-commissions.


According to Noteboom's LinkedIn profile, he is now a "distinguished gentleman" at Apple as of this month. It's thought that he will be helping Apple manage the data centers that power iCloud.