[matt04]

I wonder how much the solar instillation will cost, and if Apple had to do a rigorous impact study about the common field mouse before grading the land.

[Cringing Negativism Network]

Right on.

Buy American.

[henkster]

The environmentalists will try to block this with web-based “grass roots” agitation, using their I-pads and I-phones. This will delay Apple’s purchase of solar panels from China.

[saganite]

Hmm. I suspect they will have to hide he real power source for the data farm. Even 170 acres of solar cells won’t do the job when it’s dark. Or raining. Or cloudy.

[yldstrk]

what the aich is a solar farm, sounds like some goofy Apple thing

[EGPWS]

Charlotte Observer is reporting that Apple has begun work building a 174 acre solar farm to power their new Maiden,...

A nuclear power plant would produce much more power and use up much less precious land.

[RandallFlagg]

PING!

[Noamie]

Deforestation.

What about our animals and our Faw-rests??????????????

Apple hates forests and animals.

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[Arrowhead1952]

Other Austin Energy renewable projects include the Webberville Solar Farm, which is located east of Austin on 300 acres of land owned by the city. The large array of 270 watt photovoltaic modules will generate a total of 30 megawatts for the city and is set to be online in December. The city is paying $10 million a year for 25 years as the solar farm’s sole client to Gemini Solar Development Co., the farm’s owner and operator.

[RobinOfKingston]

One hundred and seventy-four acres dedicated to powering, if not one building, then one endeavor, a data center, in a group of buildings.

There is terminal stupidity behind this.

[lurk]

That’s a whole bunch of valuable land gobbled up for this project.

[the invisib1e hand]

oy. well, at least when there's nothing left to eat, there might be just enough power to keep it warm.

[the invisib1e hand]

so wtf ever happened to “not scarring the land” or whatever? You can’t strip-mine, but you can put turn a countryside into a freaking eyesore junkyard of metal and plastic?

[Jack Hydrazine]

It should take about 75 years to recoup the amount invested.

[PGR88]

How many poor Africans could be fed by the corn, soybeans, alfalfa or dairy herds that could occupy 174 acres???

[BOOHA]

174 acres to power 1 building?

Drill 1 well and split it with 5 neighbors.

[Swordmaker]

Apple builds Solar power plant to power iCloud—PING!

Apple builds Solar Farm!
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[dennisw]

I wonder how much the solar instillation will cost, and if Apple had to do a rigorous impact study about the common field mouse before grading the land.

No way is this cheaper than buying electricity unless Apple gloms onto all kinds of Gov't money and tax breaks to build this. AlGore can steer this Gov't cash in their direction, he is on the Apple board of directors

This is a vanity project. Apple has 80 billion in the bank, it can afford to blow a billion or two on such solar nonsense. But the PR value will be great for Apple being that it is the official computer of the naive young, hippies, lesbians, global warming scare mongers, college students, gays, urban dwellers like in NYC. The Apple store there is a Mecca for the delusional

[ctdonath2]

It’s a private American company using vacant privately-owned land to get at least partly self-sufficient with power usage. Insofar as tax breaks may be involved, kudos to anyone who can reduce what an overspending government confiscates from them.

This is a GOOD THING.

[Revolting cat!]

If you store on iCloud, better watch the weather reports for North Carolina! Cloudy days, and your access ist kaputt.