Meta's plans for an AI data center running on nuclear power were complicated partly by the discovery of a rare bee species nearby, the FT reported.

Plans by Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta to build an AI data center in the US that runs on nuclear power were thwarted in part because a rare species of bee was discovered on land earmarked for the project, according to people familiar with the matter.

Tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg’s company Meta saw its plans to construct a new AI data center get held up because of a special species of bees. According to a report, a rare and endangered species of bees was seen on the land at the site where Meta wants to build its mega nuclear-powered data center,