You need a lot of energy to run a data center. Especially when your name is Microsoft, and you're the biggest technology company on the planet. But this doesn't necessarily have to be environmentally harmful. The company just announced that it has inked deals with two wind farms, with the aim of entirely powering its Cheyenne, Wyoming data center from renewable sources. Microsoft has contracted Bloom Wind farm in Kansas to provide 178 megawatts, and the Silver Sage and Happy Jack farms in Wyoming to provide an additional 59 megawatts. This isn't the only clean energy deal Microsoft has inked in…
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