Efficiency and renewable energy are Facebook’s first line of defense to help curb our carbon emissions and fight climate change, especially when it comes to our data centers.
As early as 2011, Facebook was one of the first big tech companies to make a commitment to 100 percent renewable energy. Last year, solar and wind energy supplied 75 percent of the power used to operate our business globally. Today, we’re on track to hit our goal to reduce our greenhouse gas footprint by 75 percent when we hit our 100 percent renewable energy target in 2020.