Meta lines up massive supply of nuclear power to energize AI data centers

Facebook parent Meta has reached nuclear power deals with three companies as it continues to look for electricity sources for ...
ABC 7 Chicago

Facebook to invest $800M for data center in DeKalb

DEKALB, Illinois (WLS) -- Facebook announced Tuesday that it will be investing $800 million for a new data center that will be built in DeKalb, Illinois. The company estimates that the facility will ...

POLITICAL ROUNDUP: Data centers huge consumers of energy, detractors say

Data centers require a lot of water for cooling, plus electricity, and Oklahoma is quickly gaining its share of the ...
MLive

Facebook owner’s data center plan faces scrutiny at community panel in Michigan town

HOWELL, MI — A local group opposed to a proposed $1 billion “hyperscale” data center reportedly backed by Facebook and Instagram owner Meta hosted a panel discussion days ahead of a pivotal Howell ...
Post and Courier

A new $100M SC solar farm to support Facebook parent’s data center

CHARLESTON — The data center that Facebook owner Meta Platforms is building near Aiken will tap into energy credits from a $100 million solar farm to be developed in Orangeburg County. Silicon Ranch ...
Technical

Nebraska can take lessons from Virginia’s data center boom to prep its power grids

The Facebook data center at 14711 Capehart Rd in Nebraska (Ryan Soderlin for the Flatwater Free Press) This collaboratively reported story is part of the partnership between Technical.ly and Silicon ...
Commercial Observer

Data Centers Continue to Vacuum Up the Investment Dollars — Is the Return Worth It?

The dreaded word ‘bubble’ dogs commercial real estate’s breakout asset class even as more private money lines up to ...