Microsoft to buy solar power in Singapore in first renewable deal in Asia


  • TECH
  • Thursday, 01 Mar 2018

FILE PHOTO: A Microsoft logo is seen in Los Angeles, California, U.S., on June 14, 2016. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

SINGAPORE: Microsoft Corp said on March 1 it will buy solar power from the Sunseap Group in Singapore, the technology company's first renewable energy deal in Asia.

Microsoft will purchase 100% of the electricity generated from Sunseap's 60 megawatt-peak solar power project for 20 years for its Singapore data operations, the software company said in a statement. Sunseap's project consists of an array of solar panels on hundreds of rooftops across the city-state.

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