Report: Microsoft wasted “millions of watts” of energy to avoid a fine September 24, 2012 by admin Tweet A new report claims that Microsoft deliberately wasted “millions of watts of electricity” at a data center in Washington in order to avoid paying a $ 210,000 fine for overestimating its power use. Read more… Neowin Related Posts:Report claims Microsoft Bing and Edge will avoid…FTC imposes $1.5M fine on drug discount firm for…EA reportedly playtesting the next Battlefield more…Microsoft says it may pay a $425 million fine over…Report: Meta seeks nuclear power to run its US data centers