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Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago

To land Meta’s massive $10 billion data center, Louisiana pulled out all the stops. Will it be worth it?

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To land Meta’s massive $10 billion data center, Louisiana pulled out all the stops. Will it be worth it?

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Davriellelouna@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day ago
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Meta is building the largest data center in the Western Hemisphere on a sprawling site in rural Northeastern Louisiana, and the state gave up a lot to get it.
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    All that destruction to provide a couple of hundred jobs. These dumbass politicians think Meta is bringing in a factory, like the old days.

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      because these welfare states offer next to no corporate taxes thats why they move there. even WF is based in texas, a chain for the “eco-conscious customers”

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        Who is WF?

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          Wayfair, maybe? Online furniture store.

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            My first thought was Wells Fargo but they’d burn down a rainforest for an extra tenth of a percent.

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