Meta had to pull the plug on a nuclear-powered data center project after a rare bee species was discovered on the land where it was going to be built, according to the Financial Times.

Meta’s ( META) plan to join the tech race for nuclear power has reportedly been foiled by bees.

As we've previously covered, AI requires an enormous amount of power and major players are manoeuvring to meet that demand in a way that facilitates a carbon-free future. Meta had hoped to follow Google and Amazon's lead,