Meta Builds AI Data Center as Critics Warn that Locals May Be Affected

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A massive AI data center is being built in rural Louisiana by Meta, as residents in Georgia say they're navigating a poor water supply after the company began constructing a similar facility in 2018

Beverly Morris said she's "scared" to drink water from her well

Meta has promised 500 new jobs will be created because of the project in Louisiana

In a rural Louisiana farming community of 20,000 people, Meta is building a 4-million-square-foot AI data center, even as locals in Georgia grapple with a dwindling and discolored water supply following the construction of a similar facility that began in 2018.

The new builds are part of a larger trend in which everyday residents are caught in the path of tech companies seeking to build infrastructure in new areas with few regulatio