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Meta is building a new data center in Louisiana—and this Senate committee wants to know why it’s being powered by gas (exclusive)
The local utility says Meta's AI data center requires three new natural gas plants. The Senate Environment and Public Works ...
Meta's data center could be 'transformative' for Louisiana, utility says — as long as customers pay the $5 billion power bill
Entergy seeks regulatory approval to shift constructions costs for gas plants needed to power Meta's facility to its entire customer base.
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North Louisiana Meta center wants to hire you, pay you, buy from you
Two of the general contractors hired for the $10 billion north Louisiana Meta data center project ... The majority of the jobs created by the AI data center project in Richland Parish, an ...
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Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry announces fourth billion-dollar economic development project
Woodside Energy will build a $17.5 billion LNG facility ... Ascension Parish and the December announcement of Meta's $10 billion AI data center in Richland Parish. "You're seeing economic ...
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Amazon Follows Microsoft in Retreat From Ambitious AI Data Center Plans
Amazon is pulling back on some data center leases ... including Meta and xAI, continue to aggressively build out data centers to fuel their AI models. Building out large-scale data centers ...