EBay Will Use Fuel Cells To Power Main Data Center
Posted on June 21, 2012 at 11:16 AM EDT
EBay (EBAY) unveiled plans Thursday to tap renewable energy as the main power source of its flagship data center in Utah by building the country's biggest non-utility fuel cell installation. The San Jose, Calif.-based online auction pioneer says it's partnering with fuel cell maker Bloom Energy to incorporate 30 Bloom Energy servers or fuel cell units into the new data center's energy architecture. Bloom Energy is based in Sunnyvale, Calif. The