Meta is expanding its data center capacity in Richland Parish, Louisiana, while partnering to fund new natural gas generating plants.
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Updated Aug 17
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What happened
Meta is expanding its data center capacity in Richland Parish, Louisiana, while partnering to fund new natural gas generating plants.
Who's involved
What this event is mainly aboutHow it developed
Newest first. Tap a step to see who reported it.Meta is funding Entergy's power grid improvements while Entergy builds new power plants in Louisiana.1 source
Meta shifts energy strategy, funding gas plants in Ohio/Louisiana and exiting RE100.1 source
Meta's data center expansion in Richland Parish is supported by a partnership to fund new natural gas plants.1 source
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In Louisiana, a data center project for Meta is advancing alongside land sales for Entergy's methane-burning power plant, benefiting from state tax breaks and political office.Also in this story
- Policy discussions involving think tanks and Congress regarding the development of a major data center in rural Louisiana.
- Entergy is building substations and seeking eminent domain in northern Louisiana to power Meta's data center.
- Jeff Landry negotiated a deal with Meta for a data center project in Louisiana.
The entities involved
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Meta
American technology company
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Entergy
American energy company
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Richland Parish
parish in Louisiana, United States
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Related events
- Energy Transfer and Entergy signed a 20-year deal, supplying gas to Oracle, Nexus, and powering Meta's data centers across multiple states.
- Entergy is advocating for mandatory energy provider upgrade plans for power lines in the Baton Rouge area due to severe weather conditions in Louisiana.
- Meta is expanding its Hyperion data center facility in Richland Parish, Louisiana, to five gigawatts capacity.
- Meta constructed a new data center facility in Richland Parish, Louisiana.
- Meta is making major investments in Louisiana, a state that also presents significant opportunities for SpaceX.
Coverage
Newest first; wire copies grouped- louisianaradionetwork.com
- benzinga.comMeta Breaks Renewable Energy Promise To Power Data Centers - Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META)
- wbrz.com