Microsoft Corp. agreed to buy a massive amount of clean energy to power a data center in Ireland.
(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp.
agreed to buy a massive amount of clean energy to power a data center in Ireland.
Statkraft AS, Europe’s largest generator of renewables, will provide Microsoft with 366 megawatts of wind and solar energy, marking the supplier’s first power-purchase agreement in Ireland.
Big technology firms have faced mounting pressure to clean up their energy consumption, with regulators increasingly concerned about the vast quantities of electricity sucked up by large computing operations.
Companies such as Microsoft have struggled in recent months to get planning permission for certain data centers, according to a Nov. 8 report by Bloomberg Intelligence.
The renewable power for Microsoft in Ireland will come from six projects — three wind and three solar — located across the country, Statkraft said Wednesday.
The Norwegian company will fund and manage their construction, and the power-purchase agreement will start once the projects begin operating, it said, without giving a timeframe or disclosing financial terms.
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