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Meta contracts power from 385 MW of new Louisiana solar plants.
Facilities support $10B AI data center in Richland Parish.
Solar projects expected to create 300 jobs and generate $100M+ in taxes.
Plants slated to come online in third quarter of 2027, pending approvals.
Facebook parent company Meta will contract to purchase power generated at two new solar energy plants in Louisiana, a move that will help power the company’s new $10 billion data center and meet its long-term climate goals.
Meta has signed an agreement with Texas-based Treaty Oak Clean Energy , a builder and operator of utility-scale solar and battery storage projects, to supply power generated at the 200-megawatt Hollis Creek Solar Plant in Sabine Parish and the 185-megawatt Beekman Solar Plant

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