[First Solar, 30 May 2019]

First Solar’s Cove Mountain 2 solar power plant will provide energy to Facebook’s Eagle Mountain Data Center in Utah through a Power Purchase Agreement with Rocky Mountain Power (part of PacifiCorp and Berkshire Hathaway Energy). Cove Mountain 2 will be a 122 MW AC site and will begin its operations in 2020. The project is expected to provide electricity equivalent to 36,000 average Utah homes to Facebook and through the use of solar energy, it is equivalent to removing 46,000 cars from the road. In addition, the project is expected to save 800 million liters of water annually. Paul Clements, Director of Energy and Infrastructure at Facebook, stated, “This project is an important part of our commitment to support all of our data centers and offices with 100 percent renewable energy in 2020. Our data centers are among the most water- and energy-efficient facilities in the world. Working with First Solar and Rocky Mountain Power allows us to ensure that our data center will be supported by new renewable energy resources – like this solar power plant – in the same electrical grid as our data center.”