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Sep, 2016 : Microsoft Data Center to Block Blackouts
📅 - The energy being used by the Microsoft data center in Cheyenne, Wyoming is quickly approaching the 35MW (megawatt) mark. To help ensure the site can continue to grow, Microsoft and its local energy provider, Black Hills Energy, have come up with a creative agreement.
The agreement, signed earlier this year, stipulates that Black Hills Energy will buy enough energy that the data center needs at any given time, and Microsoft will utilize it's natural-gas-powered backup systems during times of peak load on the grid. The end result, a mechanism to prevent blackouts which may be caused by energy shortages.
The data center is expected to continue to grow to the point of using 200MW, which would be double the amount of the entire City of Cheyenne.
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