Natural gas option

11/19/2013

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IEEE Spectrum (Nov. 19) -- As its primary power source, eBay’s newest data center, in Utah, uses 4.8 megawatts of an available 6 MW from a natural gas–powered fuel-cell system made by Bloom Energy. The operation will also lower eBay’s carbon emissions by 49 percent compared with those of the local coal-powered grid, according to an analysis from the University of Illinois.


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This story was published November 19, 2013.