President Trump said Tuesday that Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is planning to spend $50 billion on its massive new data center in Louisiana – an eye-popping figure that’s far bigger than what was previously announced.

Trump expressed shock at the size and cost of the project – which will be used to support Meta’s energy-guzzling artificial intelligence systems – during a Cabinet meeting at the White House.

“I built shopping centers and for $50 million, you can build a very nice shopping center,” said Trump. “So, I never understood, when they said $50 billion for a plant, I said, ‘what the hell kind of a plant is that?’ But when you look at this, you understand why it’s $50 billion.” 4

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The president held up a superimposed photo of the plant, dubbed the Hyperion Data Center, that covere

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