{"id":212889,"date":"2026-05-12T17:24:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/metas-27-billion-ai-data-center-is-transforming-rural-louisiana\/"},"modified":"2026-05-12T17:40:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T21:40:07","slug":"metas-27-billion-ai-data-center-is-transforming-rural-louisiana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/12\/metas-27-billion-ai-data-center-is-transforming-rural-louisiana\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta\u2019s $27 billion AI data center is transforming rural Louisiana"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox8live.com\/2026\/05\/12\/metas-27-billion-ai-data-center-is-transforming-rural-louisiana\/\">Meta\u2019s $27 billion AI data center is transforming rural Louisiana<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox8live.com\/2026\/05\/12\/metas-27-billion-ai-data-center-is-transforming-rural-louisiana\/\">https:\/\/www.fox8live.com\/2026\/05\/12\/metas-27-billion-ai-data-center-is-transforming-rural-louisiana\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Publish Date: <a href=\"publish_date]\">2026-05-12 17:24:00<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Source Domain: <a href=\"www.fox8live.com\">www.fox8live.com<\/a><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Meta is constructing a $27 billion data center in Holly Ridge, Richland Parish, Louisiana, to support its artificial intelligence infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>The project is expected to create over 5,000 construction jobs and more than 500 operational jobs once fully operational.<\/li>\n<li>Entergy Louisiana is building six new power plants in Richland Parish and four more in neighboring parishes to support the data center&#8217;s power needs.<\/li>\n<li>The Meta project has brought significant economic benefits to the local community, including increased property taxes and higher sales for local businesses.<\/li>\n<li>The rapid construction and influx of workers have caused rising rents and social disruptions for long-term residents.<\/li>\n<li>Concerns have been raised about the environmental impact and costs associated with the project, particularly concerning electricity rates for existing consumers.<\/li>\n<li>Some watchdog groups worry that Meta may not adhere to its commitment to fund $2.5 billion of Entergy Louisiana&#8217;s power plant costs, leaving taxpayers at risk.<\/li>\n<li>The influx of the data center has also prompted discussions around broader data center regulations to address community, safety, environmental, and labor impacts nationwide.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta\u2019s $27 billion AI data center is transforming rural Louisiana https:\/\/www.fox8live.com\/2026\/05\/12\/metas-27-billion-ai-data-center-is-transforming-rural-louisiana\/ Publish Date: 2026-05-12 17:24:00&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":212891,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/gray-wvue-prod.gtv-cdn.com\/resizer\/v2\/WAO3QRZEXJDSLA75R2ZAB4FSRQ.jpg?auth=95fd801de1f2f791fab9d7d3a341193469e06dca3610b127f78cbd1c2d90b24d&width=1200&height=600&smart=true","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-212889","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artificial-intelligence","tag-artificial-intelligence"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212889"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=212889"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":212893,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/212889\/revisions\/212893"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/212891"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=212889"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=212889"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/testing.news-you-need.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=212889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}