Engadget reports that the company had to scrap its plans to build a nuclear-powered AI data center in the U.S. after a colony of rare bees was discovered on the intended land. CEO Mark Zuckerberg reportedly told company staff that the bees’ discovery would have raised regulatory challenges that would make it impossible to push the project through.

Meta's plans to build a new AI data center near an unspecified nuclear power plant hit a roadblock after rare pollinators were discovered on the land.

Environmental regulators reportedly quashed Mark Zuckerberg’s nuclear plant partnership meant to help power Meta’s ongoing artificial intelligence projects. Details remain scarce, but the main reason for pausing plans allegedly comes down to one issue— rare bees.

Meta’s plan to join the tech race for nuclear power has reportedly been foiled by bees. A rare species of bee was found on land where the company was planning to put a nuclear-p