(Altoona, IA) — Facebook plans to use the entire output of the Great Pathfinder wind farm in central Iowa to help power its Altoona data center. Apex Clean Energy made the announcement in a Monday news release. When its current expansion project is complete in 2025 Facebook says that the center will be its largest one. The wind farm in Boone and Hamilton counties is expected to start commercial operations later this year.
Facebook Will Use Output of Iowa Windfarm to Power Altoona Data Center
By Tom Robinson
Jan 25, 2022 | 6:46 AM
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