Environmental Groups Urge Microsoft to Skip Gas in Favor of Solar & Wind to Power Data Center

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By Guest ContributorSep 20, 2024, 6:34 pm666 ptsHotTop
A coalition of environmental and health groups has called on Microsoft to rely on clean energy generation instead of a proposed expansion of methane-fueled power for its planned Racine County data center — projected to become Wisconsin Electric’s “largest electric load.” In an open letter to Microsoft,…

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