Dive Summary:

• Apple Inc. has partnered with Nevada utility NV Energy, to build Apple’s latest solar panel farm next to a new data center in Reno, Nevada. This plan comes on the heels of Apple’s goal to build two solar panel farms next to its data center in North Carolina.
• Apple’s partnership with utility NV Energy shows "how Apple is looking to work closely with utilities in states to create clean power options for its data centers. Apple is one of the first companies to take advantage of a new green tariff approved by Nevada’s utility commission that will enable Apple to pay for the cost of building the solar panel farm,” Katie Fehrenbacher writes for GigaOm.
• The Reno solar farm will produce between 18 to 20 megawatts (MW) of power, about the same size as its two solar farms in North Carolina.

From the article:
“In the Nevada green tariff proposal, NV Energy can also pay Apple to use or even eventually buy the solar farm and include it in its energy generating assets.”