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Dell's HQ is now 100% renewably powered

About a year ago, Dell promised that it would soon be a 100% carbon-neutral company. Now it's making good on that promise and going about it in the right way.

Instead of buying carbon credits that would theoretically offset the power that it uses at the corporate campus in Austin, Dell is actually buying renewable power from companies making it available in the Austin area.

Waste Management's nearby Austin landfill is producing natural gas that is powering 40% of the 2.1 million square-foot campus where over 10,000 people go to work every day. The remaining 60% of the power is coming from wind energy produced by TXU Energy.

Dell continues to develop plans to take its other facilities to carbon neutrality and to decrease energy use through efficiency measures.

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