Apple plans to build solar power plant

According to foreign media, Apple plans to establish a solar power plant at its data center in North Carolina. This project will be called "Project Dolphin Solar Farm A Expanded" project. In Catawba County, about 171 acres of open space slopes, and across the street from Apple's data center, the county has issued a permit to allow Apple to renovate this open space.

Analysts said that although Google, Yahoo, Facebook and other companies have shown interest in clean energy and green data centers, Apple did not show any concern in this regard. In the list Greenpeace once presented, Apple ranked last by purchasing only 6% of its clean energy from its data center. The main electricity supply in North Carolina is 61% from coal, 31% from nuclear energy, and some of the cheapest electricity supplies, which may also be an important reason why Apple chose to build its data center here, and Greenpeace As a result, Apple's decision to establish its own data center in an area with little clean energy has given the worst evaluation, so Apple's sudden change has undoubtedly become the focus of attention.

As more and more Web services have been migrated to cloud computing platforms, establishing more efficient data centers and seeking cleaner power sources for data centers have become the focus of many companies. Although Apple has not yet disclosed its new construction plan, it has basically confirmed that it plans to build a solar power plant in the area from its application for permission to Catawba County.