Tech Minute: ICE Targets Meta Construction Site in Louisiana
WSJ Tech News Briefing
The Wall Street Journal
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🗓️ 15 January 2026
⏱️ 3 minutes
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| 0:39.2 | agents targeted construction workers traveling to the site of a meta-platforms data center being built in |
| 0:44.8 | Louisiana. That's according to local law enforcement. U.S. immigration and customs enforcement agents |
| 0:51.0 | conducted traffic stops on their way to the site today, and per the sheriff's |
| 0:54.7 | office, two drivers were arrested due to their immigration status. They were from Guatemala and |
| 0:59.5 | Honduras. META is building a $27 billion data center in a rural area in northeast Louisiana in a |
| 1:07.1 | joint venture with Blue Owl Capital. Meta declined to comment when asked about the arrests. |
| 1:12.1 | The Department of Homeland Security didn't respond to requests for comment. |
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| 1:39.2 | Rio Tinto will satisfy only a sliver of Amazon's needs. The biggest data centers each require tens of |
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