When META selects a site in Louisiana for the highest data center until nowIt enters an agreement with the entergy to empower the site with three natural gas power plants. Yesterday afternoon, the state of the establishment of the approved plan.
The expected strength is expected to be online at 2028 and 2029, and with complete strength, will return 2.25 Gigawats Electricity. Finally, the AI data center can draw 5 gigawatst power as it expanded.
The power plant project has been controversial between Louisianans.
One of the categories of meta and engGY will receive special treatment for the second part of the data center project, which includes solar solar building in the country, Louisiana Illuminator ReportSee rankings-. The group was formed by a large company, including shirt, Chevron, ExxonMobil, and more after her struggling to produce updated power for their own operation.
Other issues are meta deals in 15 years, and at least one member of the Louisiana public service commission expresses the titepayers will take the cost after the contract. The natural gas power plant is typically acts in 30 years or more.
Added, the power projects about this size tends to open the budget, According to For the union of an university of concern, and the level of the titateway often left the bill. TITEPAYERS will also pay the $ 550 million transmission line running to the data center, so rule the rules.
Meta has been in a receiving spree that can be updated, including a Buy 100-megawatt announces this weekSee rankings-. However, this natural gas generator will make 330 Zero neutrane netran earn, lock the emissions of carbon dioxide to come. To balance the pollution on the balance sheet, meta needs to buy credits from Projects eliminate carbonSee rankings-.
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