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Visualized: Apple's 20 Megawatt Solar Farm

Posted September 16, 2012 12:48 PM

From Engadget:

We've seen Apple's North Carolina data center in various states of undress, but never before have we seen its associated solar farm looking so complete. That sure is a lot of solar panels. We're not all that surprised though, with the intense thirst for energy from the servers that it feeds. In fact, initial reports indicated that -- although impressive -- the solar farm would still only be supplying 60 percent of the sites requirements. No fear though, as the remaining 40 is said to come from other equally eco-friendly sources. We'd be happy with enough to keep our iPad permanently juiced.

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09/16/2012 3:27 PM

That looks more gray than green.

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09/17/2012 9:09 AM

....fifty shades of it....

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