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Facebook Alabama Data Center to Get Power From Two Solar Farms

  • Power to be supplied from First Solar and NextEra projects
  • Solar installations are being built in Alabama and Tennessee

Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg

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Facebook Inc. plans to light up a data center in Huntsville, Alabama, with power from the largest solar installations to be built in Tennessee and Alabama.

The Tennessee Valley Authority, a U.S. government agency that provides electricity to almost 10 million people in parts of seven southeastern states, said that First Solar Inc. and NextEra Energy Inc. have been selected to build the installations, according to a statementBloomberg Terminal Friday. Terms and timeframes weren’t disclosed.