First Solar to Power Microsoft Datacenters in Arizona
July 30 2019 - 5:21PM
Dow Jones News
By Stephen Nakrosis
First Solar Inc. (FSLR) said Tuesday it signed a 20-year
agreement with Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) to power two of that
company's datacenters in Arizona.
First Solar said the new energy-efficient data centers will be
powered by its Sun Streams 2 solar plant. Construction on Sun
Streams 2 is expected to begin later this year, and will create 500
construction jobs. The data center is slated to begin operations in
2021. Once operational, First Solar said, it "will displace 190,000
metric tons of CO2 annually, which is equivalent to taking 37,000
cars off the road every year and saving 356 million liters of water
annually based on Arizona averages."
First Solar also said it is expanding production of its
proprietary Series 6 modules, which will be used in the Sun Streams
2 project. The company said once a new factory in Perrysburg, Ohio
is operational, it will be the largest solar module manufacturer in
the western hemisphere.
"First Solar's high-tech factories, which are some of the most
sophisticated and sustainable facilities of their type in the
world, are enabled by Microsoft technologies and the Microsoft
Azure cloud platform.... The Series 6 modules produced by these
factories will power Sun Streams 2, which, in turn, will be used to
deliver renewable energy to our world-class datacenters in
Arizona," said Brian Janous, General Manager of Energy and
Sustainability at Microsoft. "This is an example of how Microsoft
is able to accelerate clean energy and create symbiotic value, not
only in our operations but beyond."
--Write to Stephen Nakrosis at stephen.nakrosis@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
July 30, 2019 18:06 ET (22:06 GMT)
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