Tag: Meta
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Meta taps Mortenson for $1B Wisconsin data center
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Award: Data centerValue: $1 billion investmentLocation: Beaver Dam, WisconsinClient: Meta Minneapolis-based Mortenson will soon develop a site in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin, to house a 700,000-square-foot Meta data center. Meta, parent company of Facebook, announced a $1 billion investment into the construction…
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Meta, Silicon Ranch partner on solar farm for South Carolina data center
Listen to the article 3 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Social media giant Meta will partner with solar and community energy infrastructure company Silicon Ranch to bring a 100-megawatt solar farm to South Carolina to help power Meta’s data center in the state, Silicon Ranch…
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Meta turning to mass timber to build more sustainable data centers
Dive Brief: Meta is piloting the use of mass timber — a durable and renewable wood-based industrial substitute for concrete, steel and other building materials — to construct data centers with less embodied carbon emissions, the company announced Thursday. The social media and tech conglomerate said it has successfully used mass timber to construct an…
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Meta signs geothermal power deal for New Mexico data centers
Listen to the article 4 min This audio is auto-generated. Please let us know if you have feedback. Dive Brief: Meta announced a deal with geothermal energy producer XGS Energy Thursday that will provide the tech and social media giant with carbon-free power to support its New Mexico data center operations. In exchange, Meta will…