Meta’s new AI data center planned for northeast Louisiana has drawn the attention of congressional lawmakers as it is so large that the local utility company has plans to construct three new gas-fired power plants to provide it with enough electricity.
Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-R.I., ranking member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, shot off a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg last week demanding answers about how much energy the data center would use and the greenhouse gas emissions that would be generated. Read more from The Verge.
