PLAQUEMINE, La. ( Louisiana Illuminator ) – State utility regulators approved a plan Wednesday to install three natural-gas-fueled power plants for the tech company Meta , which needs the electricity for a massive data center it’s building in Northeast Louisiana.

The Louisiana Public Service Commission voted 4-1 to approve the unprecedented project from Entergy Louisiana to supply a massive amount of power for a single customer. Commissioner Davante Lewis, D-Baton Rouge, cast the lone dissenting vote, saying an agreement Meta and Entergy struck with other stakeholders before the vote felt rushed with too many questions still left unanswered.

“There’s a lot of things I just can’t verify at the moment,” said Lewis, who has previously voiced support for the Meta data center.

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