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,