Apple plans Nevada solar farm in clean energy push for datacentres


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 02 Jul 2013

ECO-FRIENDLY: Apple Inc plans to build a new solar farm with NV Energy Inc for power supply to its new datacentre in Reno, Nevada. — Reuters

Apple Inc said it plans to build a new solar farm with NV Energy Inc for power supply to its new datacentre in Reno, Nevada, a major step towards its goal of having its datacentres run on renewable energy. 

Apple and other technology companies such as Amazon.com Inc and Microsoft Corp, that build and run computer server farms have come under criticism for their high consumption of electricity and other resources. 

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