US utility Entergy Corp. boosted its four-year capital spending plan by nearly a third to $57 billion, mainly to build natural gas-fired power plants for Meta Platforms Inc.’s massive data center development in northern Louisiana.
US utility Entergy Corp. boosted its four-year capital spending plan by nearly a third to $57 billion, mainly to build natural gas-fired power plants for Meta Platforms Inc.’s massive data center development in northern Louisiana.
The Meta store in Burlingame, California, US, on Sunday, April 26, 2026. Meta Platforms Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on April 29. Photographer: Benjamin Fanjoy/Bloomberg
Meta Platforms Inc. is paying for the construction of seven new natural gas-fired plants to fuel its most power-hungry data center, increasing its reliance on fossil fuels amid a fast-moving artificial intelligence race.
Meta Platforms Inc. is paying for the construction of seven new natural gas-fired plants to fuel its most power-hungry data center, increasing its reliance on fossil fuels amid a fast-moving artificial intelligence race.
A rendering of Meta’s planned data center in Louisiana Photographer: Source: Meta
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