Apple announced the Nevada solar power facility in its 2012 "Environmental Footprint Report."
"We will be making use of the excellent natural solar radiation and geothermal resources in Nevada to completely meet the energy needs of our data center," Apple wrote in its report.
Apple will construct the 18-megawatt photovoltaic solar plant just east of Reno, in Yerington, Nev. Known as the Fort Churchill Solar Array, the facility is part of Apple's plan to power its data center with 100% renewable energy. The plans for the facility were included this week in a filing by NV Energy Inc. to the Nevada Public Utilities Commission.
In a statement, Apple said all of its data centers use 100% renewable energy, "and we are on track to meet that goal in our new Reno data center using the latest in high-efficiency concentrating solar panels."