According to a person familiar with this matter, the META platform postpones the postponement for the planned development of data centers in medium Wisconsin almost $ 1 billion.
The project is part of Broade pushing the main technology companies to expand the infrastructure to support artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
Wisconsin approved a motivational package for the company operating in February under the alias, linked to the proposed multi -year investment of $ 837 million, as stated Bloomberg. While the name of the company was not published in official documents, the source confirmed that the meta is led by the project.
Meta and Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation refused to confirm the identity of the company and smanily procedures.
In recent years, technology companies have accelerated the development of data centers because the demand for AI and cloud services with calculation and cloud services is constantly growing. Meta previously published plans to allocate up to $ 65 billion for infrastructure with strong emphasis on a. This included new construction projects across the US, such as a multi -phase facility in Louisiana. The company is already operating data centers at Midwest Points, which included Iowa and Dekalb, Illinois and is currently developing a website in Wyoming.
According to the article would be from InformationMeta also examines the possibility of investing up to $ 200 billion in the extensive campus Data Center AI somewhere in the US. The executives reportedly visited the potential rent in Louisiana in Texas and Wyoming. While the spokesman said anything that is outside the published capital expenditure is speculative, CEO Mark Zuckerberg that the company has focused on bringing 1 Gigawatt from Compute Online in 2024 and expects to operate more than 1.3 million GPU by the end of 2025.
The company’s confirmed plans include $ 10 billion data campus in the Richland parish in Louisiana, where construction is expected to reach 2 gigawatts of computing for more than 4 million square feet. Laying for the project was scheduled at the end of 2024, with construction continued until 2030. Wyoming is developing a separate campus covering 800,000 square feet on the site of 945 acres near Cheyenne.
Wisconsin WoW website adds this wave of extensive investment in infrastructure. However, recent market signals have raised questions about how long the current pace of expansion can remain. Microsoft has recently delayed or suspended several project projects projects, and some analysts have leaned towards cheaper AI models and tariffs similar to shops-and the future building strategies affect the future strategies.
Meta incorporates AI into various aspects of their business, from advertising and Facebook and Instagram content to its hardware products such as meta tasks and intelligent glasses that the company developed with Ray-Ban. Zuckerberg told investors in January that long -term investment AI META could eventually reach billions of dollars.
Wisconsin is considering a potential hub for Hyperscale data centers. In addition to Meta, Microsoft Campus is developing south of Milwaukee, which could become one of its wide. Openai’s Stargate Venture also named Wisconsin as one of the states that considered expansion.
Local officials welcomed potential investments. In the February update, Beaver Dam Area Development Corporation described this project with the possibility to bring a long -term economic value to the region. The group said it is working with a service provider combining energy and signed alreprene on development and agrees. The project still does not require approval before management.
The combination of energy has confirmed that it is currently conducting DUE diligence steps and exploring the project in Beaver Dam. The spokesman said that as soon as the process moves forward, more details will be shared.
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