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Meta and BlackRock team up for $14B data center in Texas

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from Express Tribune ·

Meta and BlackRock are partnering to build a $14 billion AI data center in El Paso, Texas. The project underscores the massive capital requirements for AI infrastructure, with tech giants increasingly turning to debt and institutional investors. This deal marks one of the largest private investments in data center capacity to date.

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The partnership highlights how AI's insatiable demand for compute is reshaping tech finance, but the scale of debt raises questions about long-term returns.
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