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Silicon Valley looks east for cheap energy to power data centers: Greenpeace

Michael Allan McCrae | April 17, 2012 | 5:34 pm Energy Europe Coal Uranium 

While Silicon Valley maybe a center of the environmental activism, Greenpeace issued a report on Tuesday accusing IT companies of setting up data centers in the eastern United States where power is cheaper and dirtier. "Instead of linking their IT...

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