Amazon division to use wind-farm power

A new wind farm in the US will power electricity-hungry Internet servers run by internet giant Amazon.

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Published 14 July 2015 10:14am

Updated 14 July 2015 10:18am

Source: AAP

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A division of Amazon is buying the renewable energy generated by one of America's first big wind-power projects.

Amazon Web Services said Monday it has agreed to buy the electricity generated by the 200-megawatt operation to be built near Elizabeth City in rural eastern North Carolina.

The completed wind farm is expected to produce enough power for more than 60,000 homes by the end of 2016.

Amazon Web Services operates a series of electricity-hungry Internet servers that are used to offer cloud computing services that can be accessed from any machine with an Internet connection.

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