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Apple Building Solar Farm In North Carolina

Posted by samzenpus on from the working-on-sunshine dept.

jfruhlinger writes "Apple's North Carolina data center will, it appears, be turning greener: the company is building a dedicated solar farm to power it. That would be a welcome turnaround for proponents of green energy, as Apple was lured to North Carolina in part by the promise of cheap electricity from coal-fired plants."

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  1. But it only works with Apple products! by pecosdave · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yes but it will produce Apple electricity, which will only work with Apple products (such as the "licensed only" chargers for the iPhone). Sure it's possible to adapt the electricity to work with non-Apple products, but then they'll sue you for it.

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    1. Re:But it only works with Apple products! by drolli · · Score: 4, Funny

      moreover they will later claim that any company who offers solar electricity to charge mobile devices violates apples patents.

    2. Re:But it only works with Apple products! by thestudio_bob · · Score: 5, Funny

      Not to be outdone, I heard MicroSoft purchased the land next to Apple's and are planning on building a wind farm. But because the wind doesn't blow there all the time, they've decided to forgo installing generators and instead put in motors so the fan blades move constantly. Do to this cost increase, they are offering sticker placement all over the structures for their preferred OEM's. Also, to get the public excited and to generate buzz, they've decided to use some of the land to hold weekly or monthly concerts. Ticket's go on sale one day before each event.

      Google, in the meantime, has come up with their own solution. They have built their own solar farm, which looks strikingly similar to Apple's, except the materials used are slightly cheaper quality. Anyone visiting the site will tracked throughout the complex (and some have even suggested they were tracked after leaving) and then blasted with offer's to buy cheap Viagra and tons of information regarding solar flares, the solar system, Solaris and the Southern Organization of Live Action Reenactments.

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  2. Great by Osgeld · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now they are going to claim they invented the sun, and the stupid fucking patent office will grant it to them.

  3. Re:Solar power... by aiken_d · · Score: 3, Funny

    Unfortunately, this may be a huge setback for solar power as thousands of Slashdotters are now obligated to hate it because of Apple's move.

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