Amazon Web Services (AWS) made public its long-rumored plans to build three new data centers near Columbus, Ohio, at the end of May, along with fulfillment centers for Amazon.com that exceed a total investment of $1 billion. Given that Ohio’s electricity grid is powered predominantly by coal, current and potential customers of … [continued]
Part I of this two-part series asked the question of whether the military should be getting credit for a new solar project that utility Duke Energy is building at Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, NC. This post explores why the military finds itself in a situation where it can’t just … [continued]
UPDATE: Duke Energy spokesperson Randy Wheeless tweeted that Duke Energy is in fact keeping the renewable energy credits from the solar farm at Camp Lejeune to count toward North Carolina’s renewable energy portfolio standard. That confirms that the Navy should not be counting this installation toward its 2015 target of … [continued]
“Use the Web? Congrats! You’re an environmentalist.” So said a headline in the Washington Post last week, and with good reason: some of the biggest names behind the internet are powering their data centers with wind and solar power. That’s important because the internet uses a lot of electricity. If the internet … [continued]
