Why Tech Loves Solar Power 0

why tech loves solar

why tech loves solarThe love of AppleGoogle, and other data center companies for solar power from companies like First Solar has less to do with idealism and more to do with business practicality.


Electricity is an input cost to a data center operator, or to anyone with a lot of electronics. If you’re going to plan ahead, and these companies now think in terms of decades ahead, you’re going to want to predict that cost.


Whatever the other claimed benefits of fossil fuels, they can’t deliver that certainty. This is especially true for California utilities, whose costs (and rates) can vary considerably from place-to-place. A lot depends on the cost of fuel. That may be low today, but it may be higher tomorrow. Whatever the cost, it’s not fixed.


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