Who Really Pays When Big Tech Gets a Free Pass? Louisiana’s $3B Meta Power Project Under Scrutiny

In the quiet farming community of Richland Parish, Louisiana, an unprecedented $10 billion Meta data center is rising—a sprawling complex consuming more electricity daily than New Orleans at its summer peak. But behind this towering testament to Big Tech’s expansion lies a troubling question: who is ultimately paying for the power that will run this behemoth? When Infrastructure Costs Become Public Liabilities Meta’s demand for power has prompted Entergy, the local utility, to build three new gas-fired plants at a staggering cost exceeding $3 billion. While Meta covers roughly half those construction costs over 15 years, it walks free from...