A multinational energy company has completed construction of its first solar farm in Louisiana, a project outside Monroe that will generate enough electricity to power 17,000 homes and utilize a flock of 600 sheep as onsite lawnmowers.

Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, will buy the renewable energy, though the solar project is not directly tied to the massive artificial intelligence data center that the tech giant is building in northeast Louisiana. The renewable energy is part of Meta's broader sustainability goals, a spokesperson for the company said. Meta has separately committed to bring an additional 1500MW of renewable energy to the grid through its contract with Entergy, the state's largest utility.

The 550-acre project called Lafitte Solar, located in Ouac

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