Amazon Joins Apple Using Clean Energy at Cloud Data Centers

A wind farm in Marshalltown, Iowa, on Aug. 19, 2014.
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By Ehren Goossens

January 20, 2015 at 4:55 PM UTC

Updated on

January 20, 2015 at 8:51 PM UTC

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Amazon.com Inc. is turning to wind to power data centers forming its giant global network after committing in November to drive all operations on renewable energy.

The online retailer will buy electricity from a planned 150-megawatt wind farm in Benton County, Indiana, for 13 years, the project’s owner and developer Pattern Energy Group LP said Tuesday in a statement. Amazon Web Services will use the wind energy at its data centers, joining other technology companies that are buying power from clean energy projects.