My guess, storage for their (new) data center on the US east coast, perhaps for the rumoured "free" MobileMe offering.
MobileMe for free? Wow, Jobs must have ground his teeth down to tiny nubs over offering a free service. They have to though, Google gives away so much stuff for free.
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