>The issue of Oregon data centers’ growing carbon cost is not limited to Amazon.
Apple, Facebook, Google and Elon Musk’s X social media company operate large data centers in Prineville, The Dalles and Hillsboro, creating enormous new power demands. They buy energy from large utilities and power authorities that have many other customers, so it’s hard to discern how much power those companies use.
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this piece was written BY THE SAME PERSON. in 2018. what the fuck
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By Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/OregonLive
**Massive solar projects will power Facebook’s Prineville data centers**
The solar projects – two just south of downtown Prineville and four on PacifiCorp’s electrical grid in Utah – will generate 437 megawatts of power. That’s an enormous amount of electricity. Facebook says it is equivalent to all the energy its power-hungry computers use in Prineville.
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**Apple’s Oregon data center receives power from new RE projects**
A wind farm that will be powering Apple’s Prineville Data Center in Oregon recently completed construction and will provide renewable energy to the company through PPAs.
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>The issue of Oregon data centers’ growing carbon cost is not limited to Amazon.
Apple, Facebook, Google and Elon Musk’s X social media company operate large data centers in Prineville, The Dalles and Hillsboro, creating enormous new power demands. They buy energy from large utilities and power authorities that have many other customers, so it’s hard to discern how much power those companies use.
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this piece was written BY THE SAME PERSON. in 2018. what the fuck
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By Mike Rogoway | The Oregonian/OregonLive
**Massive solar projects will power Facebook’s Prineville data centers**
[https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2018/07/massive_solar_projects_will_po.html](https://www.oregonlive.com/silicon-forest/2018/07/massive_solar_projects_will_po.html)
The solar projects – two just south of downtown Prineville and four on PacifiCorp’s electrical grid in Utah – will generate 437 megawatts of power. That’s an enormous amount of electricity. Facebook says it is equivalent to all the energy its power-hungry computers use in Prineville.
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**Apple’s Oregon data center receives power from new RE projects**
https://www.smartenergydecisions.com/renewable-energy/2020/07/28/apples-oregon-data-center-receives-power-from-new-re-projects
A wind farm that will be powering Apple’s Prineville Data Center in Oregon recently completed construction and will provide renewable energy to the company through PPAs.