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, Nevada. This would be Apple’s third solar farm, following the two currently in construction next to its North Carolina data center.
The farm, called “Ft. Churchill Solar Array,” will be capable of providing between 18 and 20 MW to the data center.
Apple also note that they are “currently on track toward achieving an ambitions goal: to power every Apple facility entirely with energy from renewable sources.”
According to Apple, they’ve already reached this milestone for every data center that provides online services to their customers, including at Maiden, North Carolina, and they’ve also reached 100% at facilities in Austin, Cork, and Munich as well as at their infinite Loop campus in Cupertino.
Overall, they’re at 75%, a 114% increase since 2010, and the latest installation in Reno, Nevada, is surely only going to push that number higher…
