Apple’s Global Facilities Are Now Powered Sustainably
Emily Pollock posted on April 23, 2018 | | 123 views
On April 16, Apple announced that all of its data centers, corporate officers and retail stores are now powered by 100 percent renewable energy.
While Apple’s data centers have been powered by completely renewable energy since 2014, it took longer to make the shift to green power in its smaller facilities, which stretch across 43 countries and seven continents. And while the company has powered 96 percent of its facilities with renewable energy since 2016, Apple delayed its announcement until it reached a 100 percent level. “If you look at our trajectory, for the last couple of years we’ve been close to 100 percent,” Linda Jackson, Apple’s VP of environment, policy, and social initiatives, recently told Fast Company. “It’s just 4 percent more, but it’s 4 percent done the right way.”
Currently, the company has 25 working renewable energy projects, and 15 more projects under construction. These projects include conventional systems like photovoltaic cell and hydroelectric projects, but also newer ones such as biogas cells and energy storage. Apple Park, which opened last year to replace the company’s previous California headquarters, is the…