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Meta to Spend $40B More on Louisiana Data Center Campus
Meta is investing an additional $40 billion in its 4,000-acre Louisiana data center campus. The facility will require 10 methane gas turbine plants and consume three times more electricity than New Orleans. This expansion underscores Meta's massive compute demands for AI and other services.
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The environmental cost of AI's insatiable compute appetite is becoming impossible to ignore, as Meta's gas-powered mega-campus highlights the tension between tech growth and climate goals.
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Meta says it will spend an extra $40 billion on its nearly 4,000-acre data center campus in Louisiana in its quest for more compute power →
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