Data Centers

Advocates cite lack of transparency, rising costs as regulators fast-track second Meta data center

Michael McEwen

Commissioners approved three gas power plants for Meta’s ‘Hyperion’ data center, the first project in Richland Parish, last year, bringing the total to ten.
Health

We’re monitoring the air and water around Meta’s data center in Louisiana. Here’s why.

Drew Hawkins, Jay Marcano (For the Gulf States Newsroom)

Residents around Meta’s data center in Holly Ridge, Louisiana, say the air is brown and the water is rust-colored. The Gulf States Newsroom is starting a monitoring project to test the air quality.