Meta plans $800 million data center for Kansas City, adds Instagram feed options
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Meta Platforms (FB
+2.7%) has confirmed plans to build a hyperscale data center in the north Kansas City area.
The company will invest more than $800 million to build out a facility of nearly 1 million square feet.
Meta's 16th U.S. data center (and its 21st worldwide), the facility is pursuing sustainability via LEED gold certification (using 32% less energy and 80% more average water efficiency).
It's set for the Golden Plains Technology Park, which is set to receive up to $8.2 million in incentives over a 37-year period.
Elsewhere at Meta, the company bowed to a longtime user request by once again allowing Instagram users to see posts in chronological order, or only from followed or favorite accounts.
"Your Instagram feed is a mix of photos and videos from people you follow, suggested posts and more. Over time, weâre going to add more recommendations to your feed based on your interests â Favorites and Following are new ways to catch up on recent posts from the accounts you follow," Instagram chief Adam Mosseri said.
Recently on the Russian front, a court has backed that country's ban on Facebook and Instagram while permitting continued user access to Meta's WhatsApp.