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Adric · Adric #2 (**permalink**)

04-07-2012, 07:09 PM

I'm really glad Apple has decided to go with clean energy to power it's iCloud. I wonder if solar will be enough in North Carolina? It's not like the desert where it's sunny 365 days/year.

Either way, data centers/servers eat up a massive amount of this country's energy so this will be just one less to worry about.

Edit - Ah, I just saw it will power approx 9.8% of the data center. That seems more realistic.

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Member Since: Mar 28, 2012 Location: Atlanta, GA Posts: 223 Mac Specs: 27" iMac (Mid 2011), 3.4GHz Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 2GB Video Card, 2TB HDD	04-07-2012, 07:09 PM I'm really glad Apple has decided to go with clean energy to power it's iCloud. I wonder if solar will be enough in North Carolina? It's not like the desert where it's sunny 365 days/year. Either way, data centers/servers eat up a massive amount of this country's energy so this will be just one less to worry about. Edit - Ah, I just saw it will power approx 9.8% of the data center. That seems more realistic.
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