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Top tech companies plug into renewable power
2013-03-04 13:36:26| InfoWorld: Top News
Microsoft is building a data center next to a Wyoming landfill in order to use its methane gas to power the facility. Apple now uses a massive 100-acre solar energy farm to power its Maiden, N.C. data center. And Google has placed data centers in Oklahoma and Iowa so they can plug into wind farms. America's top tech companies are going green in a big way, so much so that the availability of clean energy resources is now a key consideration in where they locate corporate offices and data centers. The move is designed to save them millions of dollars in long-term energy costs.
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Tech companies: Gay marriage ban is bad for business
2013-02-27 02:45:28| CNET News.com
Companies such as Apple, Facebook, eBay, and Intel will add their support in the legal fight against bans on same-sex marriage, Fortune reports. [Read more]
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Tech companies claim more H-1B visas will fill IT labor gap
2013-01-31 12:00:00| InfoWorld: Top News
Microsoft, HP, Intel, Cisco, and Oracle are among the heavyweight IT companies throwing their support behind proposed legislation that would nearly double the number of H-1B visas the feds could dole out each year, from 65,000
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