The company set a goal of supporting 50% of its facilities with renewable energy by 2018. That target was achieved a year early, reaching 51% clean and renewable energy in 2017. Source: FacebookThe company set a goal of supporting 50% of its facilities with renewable energy by 2018. That target was achieved a year early, reaching 51% clean and renewable energy in 2017. Source: Facebook

By the end of 2020, Facebook plans to be powered solely by renewable power. While bringing us cute puppy videos and global news, the social media giant will also reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 75%.

Since the company’s first purchase of wind power in 2013, Facebook has signed off on contracts for over 3 GW of new solar and wind energy, including 2,500 MW over the past 12 months.

Facebook’s new renewable energy projects have all been installed and are on the same grid as the company’s data centers. These projects are located across the company’s numerous sites, including Prineville, Oregon; Los Lunas, New Mexico; Henrico, Virginia; and Luleå, Sweden.

In 2004, one million people were using Facebook. In December 2017, there were 2.1 billion people using Facebook every month. Despite this growth and the expansion of services, the company’s carbon impact per person has remained about the same at about 300 g of carbon dioxide equivalent.

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