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	<title>Comments on: 10 reasons Apple, Facebook &amp; Google chose North Carolina for their mega data centers</title>
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		<title>By: J. Harker</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2012/07/10/10-reasons-apple-facebook-google-chose-north-carolina-for-their-mega-data-centers/#comment-999840</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[J. Harker]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 16 Sep 2012 19:53:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Her source is the residents that she personally talked to when she visited the area.  If you had read all four parts in this series of articles, the author stated that some locals had complained of dust and smoke coming from the construction site.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Her source is the residents that she personally talked to when she visited the area.  If you had read all four parts in this series of articles, the author stated that some locals had complained of dust and smoke coming from the construction site.</p>
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		<title>By: ktappe</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2012/07/10/10-reasons-apple-facebook-google-chose-north-carolina-for-their-mega-data-centers/#comment-879921</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[ktappe]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2012 18:18:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a source for claiming there are complaints about the construction of Apple&#039;s solar plant(s)? I googled and found one article claiming &quot;no objections were raised&quot; at the planning meeting, and one other one saying there was only some problem with the contractor burning the trees they cleared instead of giving the wood away.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Do you have a source for claiming there are complaints about the construction of Apple&#8217;s solar plant(s)? I googled and found one article claiming &#8220;no objections were raised&#8221; at the planning meeting, and one other one saying there was only some problem with the contractor burning the trees they cleared instead of giving the wood away.</p>
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		<title>By: bloom</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2012/07/10/10-reasons-apple-facebook-google-chose-north-carolina-for-their-mega-data-centers/#comment-865218</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[bloom]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jul 2012 20:05:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For a company like apple they can&#039;t put up a 500 MW, 60% efficient, low polluting combined cycle plant. They can put in bloom boxes to help with their 20MW demand. 

I have no idea why delaware would put in bloom boxes though.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>For a company like apple they can&#8217;t put up a 500 MW, 60% efficient, low polluting combined cycle plant. They can put in bloom boxes to help with their 20MW demand. </p>
<p>I have no idea why delaware would put in bloom boxes though.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeff X Williams</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2012/07/10/10-reasons-apple-facebook-google-chose-north-carolina-for-their-mega-data-centers/#comment-864558</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Jeff X Williams]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jul 2012 17:54:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FYI
Federal Lawsuit Regarding Bloom Energy

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/21/884-May-Be-Bloom-Energys-Fatal-Number-Fuel-Cell-Efficiency-Federal-State-Tax-Credits

“Buried deep in the permit application, in Table 1 on page 161 of a 163-page application, was the number 884. On that page, under penalty of perjury, Bloom officially told the world that its energy servers emit 884 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt hour.”

Also buried on page 161 of the permit application is a Table 2 notation that says these 235 “clean” servers would emit 22.56 pounds of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) per day. But Delaware, like other states, regulates VOC emissions at far lower levels (Maryland, for instance, regulates boat repair shops that emit more than 15 pounds per day). Moreover, if the same amount of power had been generated by combined cycle gas turbines, only 0.249 pounds of VOCs would be emitted daily. That’s 90 times less pollution!
To top it off, because of the Bloom servers’ low efficiency and high capital cost, Delaware citizens will pay Bloom over $200 per megawatt hour of power delivered to their electricity transmission grid. But in January 2012, the U.S. Energy Information Agency said the projected “levelized” cost of electricity over the next 30 years from advanced gas-fired combined cycle power stations is $65.50 per MWH.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>FYI<br />
Federal Lawsuit Regarding Bloom Energy</p>
<p><a href="http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/21/884-May-Be-Bloom-Energys-Fatal-Number-Fuel-Cell-Efficiency-Federal-State-Tax-Credits" rel="nofollow">http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2012/06/21/884-May-Be-Bloom-Energys-Fatal-Number-Fuel-Cell-Efficiency-Federal-State-Tax-Credits</a></p>
<p>“Buried deep in the permit application, in Table 1 on page 161 of a 163-page application, was the number 884. On that page, under penalty of perjury, Bloom officially told the world that its energy servers emit 884 pounds of carbon dioxide per megawatt hour.”</p>
<p>Also buried on page 161 of the permit application is a Table 2 notation that says these 235 “clean” servers would emit 22.56 pounds of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) per day. But Delaware, like other states, regulates VOC emissions at far lower levels (Maryland, for instance, regulates boat repair shops that emit more than 15 pounds per day). Moreover, if the same amount of power had been generated by combined cycle gas turbines, only 0.249 pounds of VOCs would be emitted daily. That’s 90 times less pollution!<br />
To top it off, because of the Bloom servers’ low efficiency and high capital cost, Delaware citizens will pay Bloom over $200 per megawatt hour of power delivered to their electricity transmission grid. But in January 2012, the U.S. Energy Information Agency said the projected “levelized” cost of electricity over the next 30 years from advanced gas-fired combined cycle power stations is $65.50 per MWH.</p>
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		<title>By: Sandeep Kamat</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2012/07/10/10-reasons-apple-facebook-google-chose-north-carolina-for-their-mega-data-centers/#comment-864311</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Sandeep Kamat]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2012 16:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[4c to 6c per kw/hr is cheap. i pay around 11c per kw/hr. 
A 20 MW to 100 MW data center @5c per kw/hr would cost between $9million to $45million in just the electricity cost. Thats a lot of money for just one data center. i wonder who datacenters are needed for Facebook and Google.
Also given that each server needs about 2kw/hr to operate 100MW]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>4c to 6c per kw/hr is cheap. i pay around 11c per kw/hr.<br />
A 20 MW to 100 MW data center @5c per kw/hr would cost between $9million to $45million in just the electricity cost. Thats a lot of money for just one data center. i wonder who datacenters are needed for Facebook and Google.<br />
Also given that each server needs about 2kw/hr to operate 100MW</p>
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		<title>By: chagoching</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2012/07/10/10-reasons-apple-facebook-google-chose-north-carolina-for-their-mega-data-centers/#comment-864299</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[chagoching]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2012 15:04:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Might want to look up a term before you use it. The Lemming Effect is nothing as you described.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Might want to look up a term before you use it. The Lemming Effect is nothing as you described.</p>
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		<title>By: Kristin Mendorf Matthews</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2012/07/10/10-reasons-apple-facebook-google-chose-north-carolina-for-their-mega-data-centers/#comment-864108</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Kristin Mendorf Matthews]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 22:19:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Can wait for the twister!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Can wait for the twister!</p>
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		<title>By: Yolanda Troxell - Wolverine Fire</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2012/07/10/10-reasons-apple-facebook-google-chose-north-carolina-for-their-mega-data-centers/#comment-863417</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yolanda Troxell - Wolverine Fire]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jul 2012 14:04:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Solar cheap?  Let&#039;s see.... I believe solar has gotten it&#039;s fair share of govt subsidy.  And do you know what it takes to make solar pannels.  The pits that contain serious chemicals are contained and diked and are very hazardous.  All forms of energy have costs and risks associated with them.  Still Caol and Nuclear are the cheapest.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Solar cheap?  Let&#8217;s see&#8230;. I believe solar has gotten it&#8217;s fair share of govt subsidy.  And do you know what it takes to make solar pannels.  The pits that contain serious chemicals are contained and diked and are very hazardous.  All forms of energy have costs and risks associated with them.  Still Caol and Nuclear are the cheapest.</p>
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		<title>By: Yacko</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2012/07/10/10-reasons-apple-facebook-google-chose-north-carolina-for-their-mega-data-centers/#comment-862910</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Yacko]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 10:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No mention of tornadoes, hurricanes and earthquakes. I imagine this is one of the better places east coast to minimize the possibility of all three, just east of the Blue Ridge on the Piedmont.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No mention of tornadoes, hurricanes and earthquakes. I imagine this is one of the better places east coast to minimize the possibility of all three, just east of the Blue Ridge on the Piedmont.</p>
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		<title>By: Arjun Yadav</title>
		<link>http://gigaom.com/2012/07/10/10-reasons-apple-facebook-google-chose-north-carolina-for-their-mega-data-centers/#comment-862818</link>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Arjun Yadav]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jul 2012 05:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great explanations to every reason Katie. Also, adding the pictures was a great idea !]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great explanations to every reason Katie. Also, adding the pictures was a great idea !</p>
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