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Tiny Louisiana parish becomes AI boomtown as Meta builds $10B data center: 'It's changing fast'

Land speculators are buying up property, paying 20 or 30 times more than they would have a year ago. New business permits ...

Tech giants Google & Meta sign $10 billion cloud deal spanning over six years

Meta Platforms (META) signed a major six-year cloud computing deal with Google (GOOG) Cloud, valued at over $10 billion, ...

Meta signs over $10 billion cloud deal with Google, source says

Under the agreement, Meta will use Google Cloud's servers, storage, networking and other services, the source, who asked not ...

SoftBank, Meta make strides in data center push with purchase of EV plant, financing plans

Tech companies are racing to build powerful data centers across the nation, especially as President Trump calls for increased ...

Data centers consume massive amounts of water – companies rarely tell the public exactly how much

Data centers make up significant proportions of both companies’ water use. In 2023, Meta consumed 813 million gallons of ...