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Data Center and NV Energy Strike Deal to Access Renewable Energy (Las Vegas Sun)

Switch will be able to access geothermal resources to power its operations when the sun isn't shining and the wind is not blowing

After more than eight months of debate, Las Vegas data center company Switch and NV Energy have reached a compromise that will keep the tech firm as a customer of the power company.

The deal, which still awaits approval from the Nevada Public Utilities Commission, will end an attempt by a large-scale electricity consumer to cut ties with the power company in order to produce and buy energy from other sources.

It mandates the utility build a 100-megawatt solar array in North Las Vegas that will generate power for Switch by the end of 2016. NV Energy will partner with First Solar to build the array. When the sun is down, Switch will be able to access the utility’s geothermal and wind resources to power its operations.

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