Tag: apple
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Which Companies Are Greening the Internet?
When reading or opining online about the energy consumed by homes, cars and power providers, it’s easy to overlook the amount of electricity the Internet itself requires. According to a new Greenpeace report, the Web would rank sixth in energy demand if it were a country. The amount of Internet data out there is expected to…
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3 Tech Companies Using Renewables to Combat Data Center Energy Crisis
It takes a lot of energy to enable web users to stream videos, downloads books and other online activities—about the same amount it would take to power 30 nuclear power plants. Data centers around the world use about 30 gigawatts, or 30 billion watts of electricity, according to Green House Data. U.S. data centers account…
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Apple Plans to Build Solar Farm in Nevada
According to several news items from reliable sources, Apple is teaming up with Nevada utility NV Energy to build a solar farm to support its data center in Reno, NV. This would be …
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Apple Designs A Wind Energy Storage Scheme
Apple Insider uncovers a patent application by the computer company for a system to convert wind energy into heat in order to store the energy for later use. Thank you for your interest in this story. To read the rest of it, please visit EarthTechling…
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Greenpeace Not Sold On Apple’s Data Center Moves
Tough week for Apple on the green front. It ran into a buzz saw of ridicule for its decision to withdraw from the EPEAT product registry, and now Greenpeace is saying the company’s ballyhooed… Thank you for your interest in this story. To read th…