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Customers
enter the Apple flagship retail store to purchase the new iPad
in San
Francisco, California March 16, 2012. (Credit: Reuters/Robert Galbraith)
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(Reuters) -
Apple Inc plans to power its main, North Carolina data center entirely with
renewable energy sources by the end of this year, taking steps to address
longstanding environmental concerns about the rapid expansion of high-consuming
computer server farms.
On
Thursday, the makers of the iPhone and iPad said it was building two solar
array installations in and around Maiden, North Carolina, with the ability to
supply 84 million kWh of energy annually.
Those sites
will use high-efficiency solar cells and an advanced solar tracking system.
Apple did not mention which companies will supply the equipment needed. Later
in 2012, it also intends to build a third, smaller bio-gas fuel-cell plant.
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