$3B power upgrade for Meta raises questions over who foots the bill

October 3, 2025



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By JACK BROOK and SOPHIE BATES
Associated Press/Report for America

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Meta is building a $10 billion facility in northeast Louisiana as big as 70 football fields.


HOLLY RIDGE, La. — In a rural corner of Louisiana, Meta is building one of the world’s largest data centers, a $10 billion behemoth as big as 70 football fields that will consume more power in a day than the entire city of New Orleans at the peak of summer.

 
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