Categories: The Verge

How an ‘icepocalypse’ raises more questions about Meta’s biggest data center project

Donna Collins lives about 20 miles from where Meta’s biggest data center is being built, in a house her family has lived in for five generations. Construction has thrown the small agricultural community in North Louisiana into the spotlight as a high-profile example of how the infrastructure behind generative AI could impact nearby residents.

Sponsored

For Collins, this place is “a little piece of heaven.” “It’s all I’ve ever known as a home. It’s quiet. It’s rural. It is beautiful,” she says. “We can’t imagine the changes that are coming.”

Sponsored

The region was particularly hard-hit by the recent cold snap that knocked out power for hundreds of thousands …

Read the full story at The Verge.

rssfeeds-admin

Share
Published by
rssfeeds-admin

Recent Posts

Minishoot’ Adventures Review

[Editor’s Note: Minishoot' Adventures was first released on PC in 2024, but we did not…

2 hours ago

WWE 2K26 Review

If it’s Wrestlemania season, that means it’s also time for a new WWE 2K game.…

2 hours ago

Disneyland President Thomas Mazloum to Replace Incoming Disney CEO Josh D’Amaro as Chairman of Disney Experiences

Disneyland President Thomas Mazloum is officially replacing Josh D'Amaro, the incoming CEO of The Walt…

2 hours ago

Is New Life in Store for SEPTA’s Langhorne Train Station?

SEPTA wants to hear from Penndel and Langhorne community members about a potential mixed-use development…

3 hours ago

Briefing on Trump’s Iran war angers US Senate Dems as Pentagon reports 140 troops injured

Pentagon officials ascend stairs on March 10, 2026, as they leave a classified briefing for…

3 hours ago

Tennessee lawmakers turn back restrictive abortion bill

Rep. Jody Barrett, a Dickson Republican, leads a press conference after his bill that would…

3 hours ago

This website uses cookies.