by Apple’s 2012 enviromental report reveals giant solar array
[Via Engadget]
Apple just released its 2012 environmental report, detailing all the ways it’s conserving energy and working to make Mother Earth a slightly cleaner place. A highlight of that effort is clearly the company’s data center in Maiden, North Carolina. The giant white-roofed server bunker will soon be home to the largest end user-owned solar array in the US — covering 100 acres and producing 42 million kWh of electricity each year. The 20-megawatt installation is only the beginning too. A five-megawatt fuel cell facility will soon be going up alongside it.
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Nice to see a company do this. Of course, this also removes more of Apple’s needs from the grid – the array gathers the energy and the fuel cell helps store it.
One more thing that is back in Apple’s control.
