The controversial world of clean power and data centers
This article is the third in a four-part series that we’re publishing this week.
Over the past several years, a couple-hundred-mile area north of Charlotte, North Carolina, has emerged as a new hub for massive data centers that power the Internet, attracting industry heavyweights like Apple (s AAPL), Google (s GOOG) and Facebook (s FB). North Carolina has been able win over those companies despite the fact it generates its power largely from dirty coal and nuclear, which runs counter to a general trend toward a desire for greener sources of energy.
