Meta Building New $800 Million AI-Focused Data Center in Indiana

Meta Platforms Inc. is building an $800 million data center in Indiana that will be optimized to handle artificial intelligence services, marking the latest attempt by Facebook’s parent to gain an edge in the new technology.

The facility, located in the city of Jeffersonville, will include equipment like liquid-cooled hardware that’s designed to support the voracious computing needs of AI. Though Meta has already tweaked many of its existing data centers to accommodate AI products, this site will do so from the start.

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