Iron mountain announces rooftop solar installation of any data center in the us

Iron mountain incorporated announced that they have closed on their largest on-site solar power-purchase agreement (ppa) contract to date. the 7.2 mw-rated solar installation at iron mountain's data center in edison, new jersey (nje-1) is forecast to generate more than 9 million kwhrs per year, which is enough electricity to power more than 1,000 homes for a year. the solar installation will provide approximately 15% of the data center's current energy load. developed in collaboration with a subsidiary of nextera energy resources, a leading clean energy company with approximately 21,000 mw of net generating capacity, and black bear energy, which facilitated the project acting as the owner's representative to iron mountain, the project is slated for completion at the end of 2019. it will be the largest rooftop solar installation of any data center in the usa. in collaboration with renewable energy buyers alliance (reba) and business for social responsibility (bsr), iron mountain participated in the future of internet power (foip) effort to develop an industry supported open source protocol that enables data center customers to claim the benefits of renewable energy contracts. iron mountain's green power pass, launched in february of this year, is the first generally available solution for the data center industry that meets the full transparency and auditability requirements of the foip protocol.  green power pass enables iron mountain data center customers to report carbon emission reductions associated with the green power consumed at any iron mountain data center worldwide. early adopters of the green power pass include akamai, wework and arizona state university.
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