CUPERTINO, CALIFORNIA — Apple’s new Campus 2 headquarters is expected to open in early 2017, according to Mashable. <br /> <br />The main building is a ring-shaped, four-storied structure that looks like a huge spaceship. The site covers 176 acres, or about the size of 100 soccer fields. <br /> <br />At over 1,500 feet, the main building is greater in diameter than the Empire State Building is tall, and wider than the Pentagon. <br /> <br />More than 3,000 sheets of curved glass cover the main building, which is a perfect circle. <br /> <br />The site will be be powered completely by renewable energy, including solar power and biofuels. Around 80 percent of the site is green space, complete with jogging and cycling trails. <br /> <br />Some 13,000 Apple employees will work at the new headquarters, which has seven different cafes. A thousand bicycles will be available for staff to get around the campus, which will be planted with 7,000 trees. <br /> <br />The campus will have a 1,000-seat auditorium, a 100,000-square-foot fitness center, and 300,000 square feet of research and development facilities. <br /> <br />Parking garages above and below ground have space for about 14,000 vehicles, while a visitor center offers views over the entire campus. <br /> <br />The total cost to build the Apple Campus 2 is estimated to be $5 billion. That figure is equal to around 2 percent of the company’s $215 billion in total cash reserves as of January 2016, according to Macworld. <br /> <br />The Apple Campus 2 will be the world’s fifth most expensive building and quite possibly the world’s coolest office.
