Facebook Commissions a 2GW Fossil Fuel Powered Data Center
9 hours ago Eric Worrall
Essay by Eric Worrall
Wasn’t there this issue, climate something, which used to be important to these people?
Day after nuclear power vow, Meta announces largest-ever datacenter powered by fossil fuels
Louisiana facility’s three natural gas turbine plants to churn out 2,262 MW
Brandon Vigliarolo
Thu 5 Dec 2024 // 22:20 UTC
Richland Parish, an idyllic rural area in northeast Louisiana, USA, is set to host a gigantic new Meta datacenter.
But instead of being powered by one of the on-site nuclear power plants Zuckercorp has previously advocated for, the facility is opting to drive its AI computing workload by burning more fossil fuels.
The 4 million square foot, $10 billion facility, hailed by Louisiana governor Jeff Landry as “a game changer,” is one of the largest private capital investments in the history of the bayou state and will be Meta’s largest-ever datacenter, the Facebook parent said.
Meta has decided to jump the atomic gun with this project by partnering with Entergy instead. The power generation company plans to construct three combined-cycle combustion turbine (CCCT) plants with a total energy generation capacity of 2,262 megawatts.
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2024/12/08/facebook-commissions-a-2gw-fossil-fuel-powered-data-center/
