A chemicals leak at Apple’s data centre in Maiden, North Carolina, put five workers in hospital yesterday (Monday).
The chlorine gas leak was reported at 7:30pm (GMT+1) and emergency crews took the five people to the Catawba Valley Medical Center, in Hickory.
The workers were later dismissed from hospital after "possibly being exposed to fumes".
In a statement, Apple said: "Five workers at our Maiden data centre were taken to a local hospital following possible exposure to fumes, which may have been released during a spill of a chemical used to clean the cooling systems.
"All five were discharged and will return to work tomorrow. The spill was quickly contained and poses no threat to anyone else at the facility."
The Maiden data centre is the company’s largest comprising 183 acres of area. It also comprises a 200 acres solar farm that produces over 50MWs of energy at peak efficiency.
Apple is also looking to expand the 505,000 sq ft data centre, by building a second facility adjacent to it and investing up to $1 billion in the next decade.
Last week, a fire at Apple’s $2 billion Arizona data centre still under construction led 30 to 40 people to be evacuated from the site.
