Amazon says its new operations hub in downtown Nashville will include 1 million square feet of “energy-efficient office space.” But it’s still unclear how the facility will be powered.
The Seattle-based company has set ambitious environmental goals. Amazon’s head of worldwide sustainability, Kara Hurst, told
Forbes earlier this year the company is working toward powering its global infrastructure with 100 percent renewables. Hurst also mentioned Amazon is working to install 50 solar rooftops across its fufillment center network by 2020.
Other recent tech projects in Tennessee have included green energy components. Earlier this month, TVA
agreed to provide Facebook with over 300 megawatts of solar power at its data center in Huntsville, Ala. TVA is also working with Google to develop a data center in Clarksville that will be powered by renewable energy.
But TVA has come under scrutiny from environmental groups for how it determines its renewable contracts. They accuse the utility of being more willing to work with large corporations to expand renewable energies like solar power, rather than small businesses and residential homeowners.
TVA says its growing its solar investments cautiously, to make sure rates don’t increase.
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