Meta President: US Data Center Construction Will Get Harder

Meta's President Dina Powell McCormick said Wednesday that building data centers will be "harder" under Democrats following the midterm elections, according to the Wall Street Journal. Speaking at the WSJ Tech conference, Powell McCormick said every hyperscaler is considering building outside the United States. Meta plans to invest hundreds of billions in compute, with major facilities proposed in Louisiana, Ohio, and Texas. Powell McCormick noted that new data center build-outs in the U.S. will be "very challenging," though she cited one governor-elect who wants to preserve investments. The governors-elect of Texas and Ohio support moratoriums on data center construction.