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Meta President Dina Powell McCormick says building new US data centers will be "harder" after midterm results, but it will be easier to expand existing projects

Speaking at the WSJ Tech conference, Dina Powell McCormick says the company is more optimistic about scaling up its existing data centers

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Meta President Dina Powell McCormick says building new US data centers will be "harder" after midterm results, but it will be easier to expand existing projects

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