Apple‘s data centers are now powered 100 percent by renewable energy and 75 percent of their facilities are solar, wind, hydroelectric, and geothermal sources. But unfortunately, the  Apple and the Environment report finds that their greenhouse gas emissions have risen by 34 percent (30.9 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions) in 2012. [...]

Apple has reportedly purchased another 200 acres in North Carolina so that it can build another solar farm to help power its massive iCloud data centre. According to AppleInsider.com, details of the $3 million land deal were released recently. Apple will buy nearly 220 total acres in North Carolina’s Catawba [...]

The smartphone market was once dominated by California’s Apple. But there’s now fierce competition from other players like Samsung and Nokia. And for tech junkies out there, staying fresh with the latest technology means wondering what to do with your old phone. But a San Diego-based company makes getting rid [...]

With a multi-billion dollar budget that keeps Apple afloat, it is no doubt the software giant’s ecological footprint is probably a big one. But the company is looking to ease that footprint when a massive solar farm in the U.S. goes online. New photos captured from the sky show that [...]

At first glance it might be easy to consider that cloud computing is green. The name evokes nature, for a start, but beyond that one might immediately think to saving paper for print outs (as you can access your data anywhere), or not needing power hungry, constantly on servers in [...]

In recent weeks Apple has been making headlines for its policies pertaining to the environment – however not all of them are good. First, Apple touted the energy efficiency of its new iPad, promoting that it costs just $1.36 to charge an iPad for a year. But just yesterday, it [...]

Leading UK solar energy resource site Solar Panels UK has just launched their first solar panel application for both iPad and iPhone. This application aids consumers who are considering the installation of solar panels onto their roof or other site to determine the potential efficiency that could be obtained. The [...]

Apple Inc. has made an announcement on Apple’s website promising that their 500,000-square-foot data center in Maiden, North Carolina will be powered by renewable sources by the end of this year. Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer told Reuters: “The plan we are releasing today includes two solar farms and together they will be twice as big [...]

Now that Apple’s massive North Carolina datacenter is online, and it’s powering the business’ iCloud service, many are curious about what is going to be done with the adjacent areas of land that have been cleared for some type of construction. Some suspected it was for another datacenter, but according [...]