Sweden's Vattenfall to Supply Microsoft's Dutch Data Center With Wind Power
November 02 2017 - 5:30AM
Dow Jones News
By Dominic Chopping
STOCKHOLM--Swedish utility Vattenfall AB said Thursday that it
has signed a 10-year agreement to power Microsoft Corp.'s (MSFT)
data-center operations in the Netherlands with wind power.
The state-owned company said Microsoft will receive all of the
energy produced from Vattenfall's new onshore wind farm at
Wieringermeer Polder, adjacent to Microsoft's data center that
serves as a regional hub for Microsoft Cloud services for customers
across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, as well as global
customers.
The wind farm will start producing renewable energy from
2019.
"Investing in local clean energy to power our local datacenter
is a win-win for our business and the Netherlands," said Brian
Janous, general manager of energy at Microsoft. "Microsoft is
committed to bringing new renewable energy sources online to power
our datacenters. By focusing on local projects, we're able to
create new economic opportunities, reduce carbon emissions and make
progress on our global commitment to increase the amount of clean
energy used to power the Microsoft Cloud."
The Wieringermeer Wind Farm will eventually include 100 turbines
that will combine to produce around 1.3 terawatt-hours of renewable
electricity, enough to power around 370,000 homes.
Write to Dominic Chopping at dominic.chopping@wsj.com; Twitter:
@domchopping @WSJNordics
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
November 02, 2017 05:15 ET (09:15 GMT)
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