Microsoft now runs one data center entirely on wind power
Microsoft has a stated goal of using 50 percent renewable energy in its data centers across the U.S. by 2018, and it just took a big step forward in that plan, purchasing additional 237 megawatts of wind energy capacity.
In the process, this helps allow its Cheyenne, Wyoming, data center run entirely on wind power and brings the company’s total wind capacity to 500 megawatts across the U.S.
Microsoft has invested $750 million in its Wyoming data center, which stunned the state's governor, since Wyoming is basically about energy, agriculture and tourism. It's also a low-population state with a half-million people.
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