Meta Platforms Inc and BlackRock Inc plan to build a 1-gigawatt data center in Texas that would cost about US$14 billion to develop, adding to a wave of investment in the computing hubs that power artificial intelligence (AI).The facility would go online in 2028 with Meta as the initial sole tenant,

Meta stock plummeted almost 10% earlier this year—wiping $175 billion from its market cap—after the company hiked its expected capital spending for AI infrastructure.

Meta and BlackRock announce a venture to finance the development and operation of a data center campus in El Paso, Texas.