Apple’s North Carolina data center will be powered by the nation’s largest end-user-owned solar array, the company revealed today in a report on its environmental footprint, according to “CNET.”
The facility, which is being constructed in Maiden, N.C., has been awarded LEED Platinum certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, the company said in its latest “Apple and the Environment” report (http://www.apple.com/environment/).
“We know of no other data center of comparable size that has achieved this level of LEED certification,” the company said in its report. “Our goal is to run the Maiden facility with high percentage renewable energy mix.”
You can read the complete “CNET” article at http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57381332-37/apple-touts-n.c-solar-array-in-environmental-footprint-report/#ixzz1mxKr92nK .
