Metas Louisiana data center sparks $3B electricity upgrade. But who pays?
News Source : Associated Press
News Summary
- Meta is building one of the world’s largest data centers, a $10 billion behemoth as big as 70 football fields that will consume more power in a day than the entire city of New Orleans at the peak of summer.
- While the colossal project is impossible to miss in Richland Parish, a farming community of 20,000 residents, not everything is visible.
- Watchdogs have warned that in the rush to capitalize on the AI-driven data center boom, some states are allowing massive tech companies to direct expensive infrastructure projects with limited oversight.
HOLLY RIDGE, La. (AP) In a rural corner of Louisiana, Meta is building one of the worlds largest data centers, a $10 billion behemoth as big as 70 football fields that will consume more power in a da [+5724 chars]
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