This is Apple’s new data center in Maiden, North Carolina. Unlike most power-hungry centers, this won’t be gobbling up energy from the grid: it’s going to be powered by the sun. If you can’t get your products made 100 per cent ethically, at least you can try and be eco-friendly, right?
https://gizmodo.com/a-peek-inside-the-controversial-factory-that-builds-you-5886484
In fact, the building actually has two power sources: a giant 100-acre, 20-megawatt solar array on the surrounding land, which will be joined later this year by a 5-megawatt fuel cell system. Apple claims that the fuel cell system is the largest non-utility installation in the world. When you’re rich, you can do that kind of thing.
https://gizmodo.com/heres-everything-apple-could-buy-with-the-billions-they-5880513
All told, the plant will generate between 42 and 40 gigawatt hours of power every year: enough power for about 7,400 American homes. [Apple]
