The AI Data-Center Boom Is Coming to America’s Heartland
Meta Platforms and other tech companies are scouring rural America for land, big transmission lines and natural gas.
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AI data center boom promises to transform rural communities
After manufacturers passed over a patch of farmland in Louisiana for nearly two decades, Meta Platforms scooped up the nearly 3,000 acres of flat rice fields last year for what would be its ...
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Entergy's plan to power Meta's massive Louisiana data center faces new scrutiny
The hearing was held as part of Entergy's request to allow it to build three new natural gas-fired power plants for the ...
Wall Street Journal4d
The AI Data-Center Boom Is Coming to America’s Heartland
HOLLY RIDGE, La.—Manufacturers have passed over this patch of farmland for nearly two decades, a string of setbacks that left this one of the poorest corners of Louisiana. A quarter of the ...