Meta Defends $20B Louisiana Data Center as Economic Revival: $38K Salaries to $50K Teacher Bonuses
PTrubey · x · 2026-09-15
- At All-In Summit, Meta president & vice chair Dina Powell McCormick defended data center buildouts using the $20B Richland Parish, Louisiana project (started 20 months ago) as proof, where average salaries were $38K before construction.
- Meta announced $50K teacher bonuses, drawing top educators statewide; Louisiana is now courting other data center builders using the Meta deal as a template.
- She argued water is a nonissue: the site uses less water than the farms it replaced, and Meta paid for its own electricity generation and storm mitigation upgrades.
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