TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2026 48° E  /  GLOBAL TECH · SUMMARISED SUBSCRIBE
AI, business, devices, policy — global tech, summarised every 30 minutes.
Business · 2h ago

Meta to Spend $40B More on Louisiana Data Center Campus

By Meridian48 News Desk · Summarised from TechRadar ·

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.

Meridian48 take
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.
Read the full reporting
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 →
TechRadar
metadata-center
More business briefs
Go deeper on business
AllAIStartupsBusinessDevicesPolicySecurityDev ToolsPakistan