> Anytime Meta, Oracle, Microsoft, or anyone else announces another AI bit barn, a juicy power purchase agreement usually follows. Meta's mega DC being birthed in the bayou was announced alongside a 2.2GW gas generator plant — so much for those sustainability and carbon neutrality pledges.

Ouch, I grew up where Meta created its first data center and while it is very efficient (https://engineering.fb.com/2011/04/14/core-infra/designing-a...) I remember a more recent article about how they are zero net emissions (https://tech.facebook.com/engineering/2021/11/10-years-world...). I wonder if they have kept that in this AI rush (along with most of the datacenter companies).

EDIT: a direct link to net zero for Meta: https://tech.facebook.com/ideas/2020/9/facebooks-path-to-net...