The massive Meta plant in Northeast Louisiana, for example, will employ about 5,000 construction workers at its peak, a press release says, but that number will drop to about 500 once it opens.

Meta anticipates its Louisiana data center will create 500 operational jobs and 5,000 temporary construction jobs, said Kevin Janda, director of data center strategy.

According to state filings submitted in late June, Meta is seeking incentives for its $10 billion artificial intelligence-optimized data center in Rayville, while Hyundai Steel Louisiana has ...

Site of Meta's planned $10 billion data center in Louisiana is under construction on former soybean fields, and will be the largest data center in the Western Hemisphere.

It's not often that environmental groups and oil companies team up for a cause. The plan to power Meta's giant AI data center in remote Louisiana has proven to be a rare exception. A coalition of ...

“We are excited to announce that Richland Parish, Louisiana, will be home to Meta’s newest data center — our 23rd data center in the United States and 27th in the world,” the company said on Facebook.

Meta anticipates its Louisiana data center will create 500 operational jobs and 5,000 temporary construction jobs, said Kevin Janda, director of data center strategy.

On This Week in Louisiana Politics, Gov. Jeff Landry signed into law a number of major changes to the state tax code, including a cut in income taxes and a rise in sales taxes.