The 131-foot tall wind turbine at Other World Computing in
Woodstock, Illinois. A small lSP and hosting company in Illinois
may be the first data center operator in the U.S. to power its
facility entirely with wind power from an on-site turbine. On
Oct. 19, Other World Computing  (OWC) began using a 131-foot
tall wind turbine to provide all the electric power for its
building in Woodstock, Illinois, which includes the company’s
headquarters and a data center supporting its web hosting and
ISP services. There are other data center operators that use
utility power that is sourced from wind generation. But this is
the first example we’ve seen of a working data center with on-
site wind generation that can produce enough power to support
its entire facility. That’s partly due to the fact that OWC has
a small data center, which can be supported by a single wind
turbine, limiting the initial investment required to commit
fully to wind power. The company has also invested in other
energy efficiency measures for its f