Apple’s data center in Maiden gets approval for fuel-cell plant
State officials on Wednesday gave Apple the go-ahead to build the nation’s largest privately owned fuel cell facility at a data center that the iPhone maker is claiming will be the world’s greenest complex of its kind. Apple’s planned 4.8-megawatt fuel cell facility in Catawba County will tie into a green power supply boosted by a 40-megawatt solar farm, also the nation’s largest privately owned such facility. The Cupertino, Calif.-based technology company’s $1 billion data center, about 180 miles west of Raleigh, will support Apple’s iCloud online data storage system and its SIRI voice-recognition software. Apple has turned the data center into a global energy showcase, saying the 11.5-acre facility will generate more than half its own electricity needs and will offset the rest through green-friendly programs. Read more here: http://www.newsobserver.com/2012/05/24/2085601/apples-green-data-center-in-maiden.html#storylink ...
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