Computer data centers can be a significant consumer of energy and tech giants are doing their part to make that energy is clean. For instance, the NSA’s data center in Utah is expected to use 65 megawatts of electricity a year for an annual electricity bill of $40 million, according to a report in Forbes. Microsoft announces deal to buy wind farm outside of Chicago Unlike the NSA, however, US tech companies are searching for clean power to drive their data centers. While Google Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) are known for actively aggressively pursuing clean energy sources for…
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Mark Melin
Mark Melin is an alternative investment practitioner whose specialty is recognizing the impact of beta market environment on a technical trading strategy. A portfolio and industry consultant, wrote or edited three books including High Performance Managed Futures (Wiley 2010) and The Chicago Board of Trade’s Handbook of Futures and Options (McGraw-Hill 2008) and taught a course at Northwestern University's executive education program.