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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tim Allen, whose family opened Holy Tacos in Rayville, Louisiana, in April 2025. Construction for Meta’s largest-ever AI data center is underway in Holly Ridge, an unincorporated community about 10 miles from Rayville.Rayville has been a small community my whole life,…
The $850 million Obama Presidential Center opened on Chicago’s South Side in June, honoring the civic legacy of former US President Barack Obama.During the center’s dedication ceremony on June 18, the former president emphasized that the center was a display of deep civic history and encouragement — and “not just…
Working as a manager or engineer for a data center can pay off.A recent Indeed Hiring Lab post about the data center job market showed that data center roles typically pay better than their counterparts in similar non-data center jobs. There can be work-life trade-offs, such as working nights or…
Last month, Meta launched an “AI is good, really” PR campaign. My response: Words are fine, but why not cut people checks?On Monday, Meta announced it’s taking my (free) advice: It says it will create a $1 billion fund to boost communities where it is building AI data centers.There’s very…
Meta has more than a quarter trillion dollars in future lease obligations — largely tied to AI data centers — as the tech giant races to build out its artificial intelligence infrastructure, a new regulatory filing shows.In its quarterly securities filing released a day after its earnings report, Meta said…
An Alabama animal shelter is barking back against a massive AI data center that’s under construction next to its planned veterinary hospital campus in Birmingham.The Greater Birmingham Humane Society filed a lawsuit earlier this month in a bid to block the project, alleging that the city of Birmingham, AL, and…
