How Facebook’s New Data Center In Altoona, Iowa, Will Be 100% Wind-Powered
Renewable energy is in the wind at Facebook, as the social network announced that when its data center in Altoona, Iowa, begins serving traffic in early 2015, the facility will be fully powered by a new wind energy project in nearby Wellsburg.
Renewable energy is in the wind at Facebook, as the social network announced that when its data center in Altoona, Iowa, begins serving traffic in early 2015, the facility will be fully powered by a new wind energy project in nearby Wellsburg.
Facebook said in a Newsroom post by Data Center Energy Manager Vincent Van Son that it began the project with local wind developer RPM Access, and then transferred its rights to local energy utility MidAmerican Energy, which will build, own, and operate the project.
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