The community around Meta’s Louisiana data center has questions. We’re looking for answers.

Описание: The Gulf States Newsroom met with residents in Holly Ridge, Louisiana to hear their concerns about the impacts of Hyperion -- Meta's largest data center being built next door.

People in Holly Ridge feel like they’ve been kept in the dark.

They wanted to know why their water sometimes turns brown, why their electricity has been shutting off without any notice, sometimes for days at a time, why their roads are so dangerous — and why everyone seems to have gotten sicker since Meta showed up.

These are questions the Gulf States Newsroom hopes to answer — to find out what residents want to know by monitoring and testing the air, water and dust.

The closest Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality air monitoring site is in Monroe, 30 miles away — too far to have any idea what people are breathing in.

If you live in Holly Ridge or Richland Parish and are interested in participating in the community environmental monitoring project, contact us at [email protected]

CREDITS:
Reporter: Drew Hawkins | Gulf States Newsroom
Producers: Drew Hawkins & Nellie Beckett | Gulf States Newsroom; Jay Marcano for the Gulf States Newsroom
Videographer: Wesley Shrum for the Gulf States Newsroom