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How an ‘icepocalypse’ raises more questions about Meta’s biggest data center project
- Justine Calma
- February 11, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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Donna Collins lives about 20 miles from where Meta's biggest data center is being built, in a house her family has lived in for five generations. Construction has thrown the small agricultural community in North Louisiana into the spotlight as a high-profile example of how the infrastructure behind generative AI could impact nearby residents.
For Collins, this place is "a little piece of heaven." "It's all I've ever known as a home. It's quiet. It's rural. It is beautiful," she says. "We can't imagine the changes that are coming."
The region was particularly hard-hit by the recent cold snap that knocked out power for hundreds of thousands …
Originally published at The Verge