Meta to receive over $3 billion in tax breaks for its 2,250 acre Louisiana data center – enough to fund the state’s police budget for seven years

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• Meta will receive $3.3 billion in tax breaks for Louisiana datacenter
• The company will pay zero sales tax on GPU purchases for the site
• The number of natural gas turbine plants needed to power the campus has been tripled

Across the US, AI data centers are being planned and constructed at a scale never before seen, and many states are attracting new investments by offering generous tax breaks.