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chiph | 4 months ago

Is there enough power in the nearby parishes to supply 2.2GW? Also - will there be enough skilled labor?

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perihelions|4 months ago

> "As we learned in December, Meta has commissioned a new natural gas generator plant to be built by local utility operator Entergy. At least for the initial build out, the gas plant would employ three combined cycle combustion turbine generators with a total generative capacity of over 2.2 gigawatts."

fishmicrowaver|4 months ago

Nope, they're not betting on connecting to the grid. They're going to burn natural gas / shale oil.