Iron Mountain announced a major investment in renewable energy for its data centers, one week after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in an attempt to roll back Obama-era climate regulations.
The data center provider signed a 15-year agreement with a new wind farm in Ringer Hill, Pennsylvania, to use 25 MW of its capacityβenough to power Iron Mountainβs data centers in three states. Part of a strategy that combines wind and solar, the company said its data center business is now powered 100 percent by renewable energy.
Despite the possibility of loosening restrictions on coal power handed down from Washington, Iron Mountain joins mega-data center providers Equinix and Digital Realty in making investments in wind and solar. Being able to provide data center services to big customers, such asΒ Amazon, Microsoft, Apple, and Google β all staunch advocates of renewable energy β may take precedence for service providers, regardless of what shape federal policy on climate takes.
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Source: DRJ New feed
