this post was submitted on 28 Aug 2025
-7 points (26.7% liked)

Technology

77795 readers
2787 users here now

This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.

Our Rules

  1. Follow the lemmy.world rules.
  2. Only tech related news or articles.
  3. Be excellent to each other!
  4. Mod approved content bots can post up to 10 articles per day.
  5. Threads asking for personal tech support may be deleted.
  6. Politics threads may be removed.
  7. No memes allowed as posts, OK to post as comments.
  8. Only approved bots from the list below, this includes using AI responses and summaries. To ask if your bot can be added please contact a mod.
  9. Check for duplicates before posting, duplicates may be removed
  10. Accounts 7 days and younger will have their posts automatically removed.

Approved Bots

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
L3s@lemmy.world
enu@lemmy.world
technopagan@lemmy.world
L4s@lemmy.world
L3s@hackingne.ws
L4s@hackingne.ws
-7
Trump points to Louisiana as global artificial intelligence hub with Meta data center (finance.yahoo.com)
submitted 3 months ago by AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world
4 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/44975715

President Donald Trump and Gov. Jeff Landry said Meta's massive northeastern Louisiana project in Richland Parish will make the state the hub for artificial intelligence with a data center the size of Manhattan.

During a cabinet meeting this week, Trump said Meta, the parent company of Facebook, will expand its initial $10 billion investment to $50 billion.

Trump displayed a piece of paper he said was given to him by Meta Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg that showed the center superimposed over Manhattan, covering most of the New York island.

"When they said '$50 billion for a plant,' I said, 'What the hell kind of a plant is that?'" Trump said. "But when you look at this, you understand why it's $50 billion."

Landry responded to the president on X with the following post:

"It is vital for American ingenuity and national security that we lead in AI development. As President @realDonaldTrump displayed during (the) cabinet meeting, the size of the Meta AI Data Center being built in Richland Parish is nearly the size of Manhattan. Louisiana isn’t just a participant in the AI race, we are leading it!"

Richland Parish Chamber of Commerce founder Scott Franklin said the project is transformation for the region and state.

"The president’s statement is proof that the Richland Parish Data Center will lead the world in AI technology," Franklin told USA Today Network. "This project will completely transform the regional economy and Meta will pay close to a billion dollars in property taxes over the life of the project. These taxes stay right here in Richland Parish. New hospitals, funding for better education and endless opportunity is on the horizon.".

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] AcidiclyBasicGlitch@sh.itjust.works 17 points 3 months ago (2 children)

“The president’s statement is proof"

This is how you know when somebody is either lying or legitimately has no idea what they're talking about.

[–] 1rre@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

They know exactly what they're talking about, and especially how they're talking about it.

It's all considered to make it look like both the local and national politicians are doing a great job and you should vote for them. Whatever the medium for that happens to be isn't really important.