Apple data center in Nevada will run on solar energy

Reuters News Agency transfers Details on the construction of the new Apple data center in Reno (Nevada).

The company, together with NV Energy has decided to equip its "farm" with solar panels, but not simple, and those that accumulate seven times more solar energy, unlike conventional panels. This is an important step to ensure that all data centers of the future of the steel work on renewable energy sources. The largest data center in the US, the city of Maiden (North Carolina). He also "eats" solar energy and produces 167 million kilowatt-hour. This is a decent power: would be enough to provide energy for a year about 17 600 houses.

Apple and other technology companies, such as Amazon and the Microsoft, building the farm and use them under computer servers, and criticized the nines for the high consumption of electricity and other resources. We have to find and implement "green" solutions.

The new "farm" of solar panels, located on 137 acres (a little less than 555,000 square meters), after completion of the construction will generate about 43.5 million kWh of clean energy per year - so says Apple.

This is good news not only for the most ardent defenders of the ecology but also for the residents of Nevada - in the difficult times of crisis, there is much to get a job, because the invited about a thousand jobs.