Meta to Build Large AI Data Center in Northeast Louisiana

December 6, 2024--Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas)--Richland Parish, Louisiana, a largely agricultural area with an employment rate below 50% according to U.S. census data, will be home to what will possibly be Meta Platforms Incorporated's (NASDAQ:META) (Menlo Park, California) largest data center. Meta made the announcement earlier this week. Power company Entergy Corporation (NYSE:ETR) (New Orleans, Louisiana) will help power the facility, which is expected to use large amounts of energy as the data center will be equipped with the most recent artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities, which require more energy to operate.