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Meta Platforms · Richland Parish, Louisiana

Not built yet. Every figure below is what it would take and emit at the capacity its owners have announced.

Water — consumed, not returned

Where the water comes from

Municipal potable supply

Cooling

Closed-loop liquid; Meta's standard water-restoration commitment

Basis

Modelled from cooling design — WUE 0.20 L/kWh

Air — what the stacks emit

Where it burns

MISO South — Louisiana / Miss.

Generation mix

Gas 72 · Nuclear 14 · Coal 9

CO₂e

6,785 kt/yr — climate, not air quality

Who wanted it

Who asked for it

Meta — self-build; no external tenant

Who approved it

Louisiana Public Service Commission approved three new Entergy combined-cycle gas plants (~2.26 GW) to serve it, over intervenor objection; Richland Parish issued the local permits

What it serves

Meta Superintelligence Labs — Llama-class frontier training

IT capacity

0 MW running of 2,000 MW announced

At ~4 million sq ft it is the largest single data center under construction in the Western Hemisphere. Entergy is building three gas plants specifically for this one customer; the ratepayer-protection terms were the central fight at the LPSC.

Where it is

32.4200°, -91.5000°

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Water and air figures are modelled from disclosed capacity, not measured — site-level error is roughly ±40%. Diesel backup generators are not counted, so on-site figures are floors. Full method.