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Meta’s Louisiana Data Center to Cost $50 Billion, Trump Says
US President Donald Trump displays an image comparing the size of Meta's new data center to Manhattan, during a cabinet meeting at the White House in Washington on Tuesday.
Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg
President Donald Trump said that Meta Platforms Inc. is planning to spend $50 billion on its massive data center in rural Louisiana.
Trump, speaking Tuesday during a Cabinet meeting, said he was in awe of the cost of the project, which is currently being built.