Meta's rivals have struck deals to use nuclear power for some data centers.
Plans by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to build an AI data center in the US that runs on nuclear power were thwarted in part because a rare species of bee was discovered on land earmarked for the project, according to people familiar with the matter.
Zuckerberg had planned to strike a deal with an existing nuclear power plant operator to provide emissions-free electricity for a new data center supporting his artificial intelligence ambitions.
However, the potential deal faced multiple complications including environmental and regulatory challenges, these people said.
The discovery of the rare bee species on a location next to the plant where the data center was to be built would have complicated the project, Zuckerberg told a Meta all-hands meeting last week, according to two people familiar with the meeting.
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Ahh yes the NEPA process. I wonder what the mitigation is for these bees.
It didnt say what kind of species of bee it was.
Honey bee?
Indeed, does it make any difference depending on the bee species?
if it is the asian bee killer bee?
This isn't rare bee, it's invasive!