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Re:Google says it will run entirely on renewable energy in 2017 by snarkyturtle on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @02:00PM (#13117267)
100% renewables for their data centers. In the same way that Apple's total power is still partly dirty I'd think some of their offices won't be running entirely off the grid.
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Re:Google says it will run entirely on renewable energy in 2017 by evanws on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @02:05PM (#13117312)
It isn't just data centers, they're going to hit 100% renewables for global operations.

From Google's 2016 energy report: "And in 2017 Google will reach 100% renewable energy for our global operations..."

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Re:Google says it will run entirely on renewable energy in 2017 by megablast on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @07:49PM (#13119624)
So the Pixels made by HTC are also using renewable energy?
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Re:Google says it will run entirely on renewable energy in 2017 by NEDM64 on Wednesday December 07, 2016 @05:53AM (#13121707)
No.
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Re:Google says it will run entirely on renewable energy in 2017 by jdc0589 on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @02:45PM (#13117666)
Its not just datacenters, but those are the biggest consumer of energy by a disproportionate amount.
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Re:Google says it will run entirely on renewable energy in 2017 by astrodust on Tuesday December 06, 2016 @02:01PM (#13117278)
Apple is making great strides towards getting their offices off the grid as well. Their new campus has a considerable amount of solar deployed on-site plus they're partnering with other companies to provide power from off-site.

http://qz.com/342240/apple-is-building-a-massive-farm-of-sol...

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