Surprise, Surprise: Greenpeace Hates Facebook's New Energy Initiative
Greenpeace sent us a response commending Facebook for their initial steps but criticizing the company for not doing enough.
After learning about Facebook’s new energy initiative announced earlier this morning, Greenpeace sent us a response commending Facebook for their initial steps but criticizing the company for not doing enough.
The issue primarily revolves around the use of coal and nuclear power to fuel Facebook’s server farm. It’s an issue that the social network has been repeatedly criticized for.
The Greenpeace email included the following quote from the organization’s climate campaigner Casey Harrell:
It’s commendable that Facebook is working to increase the energy efficiency of its business, and specifically its data centers–an area of neglect for many years.
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