Why doesn’t Micron put solar panels on fab roofs to offset its enormous energy use? - syracuse.com

Rendering shows Micron Technology Inc.'s planned semiconductor fabrication facility in Clay. Micron says the $100 billion plant will create 9,000 jobs over 20 years and four times that many jobs in the community. (Micron Technology)

Syracuse, N.Y. – Micron Technology’s sprawling chip-making complex in Clay would consume as much electricity as 2 million homes.

And the four fabrication plants, or fabs, would have a combined roof area of more than 100 acres.

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