Meta expands Louisiana data center to 5 gigawatts, investment crosses $50 billion
Meta said the expanded campus will support 7,500 construction jobs and 1,000 permanent roles as it builds AI infrastructure.
- On Monday, Meta announced it will expand its Hyperion data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana, to a 5GW facility costing over $50 billion, making it the company's largest data center project.
- Previously, the project was planned as a 2GW facility costing $27 billion through a joint venture with Blue Owl Capital Inc. to manage the buildout and facility operations.
- Since construction began in December 2024, local businesses in Louisiana have received over $1.6 billion in contracts from Meta. The company pledged over $1 billion for infrastructure improvements including roads and water systems.
- Bloomberg reported Meta is developing plans for a cloud infrastructure business, potentially selling access to 'raw' computing capacity to outsiders akin to neocloud competitors like CoreWeave Inc.
- Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has pledged to spend at least $600 billion on US infrastructure projects over the next few years to achieve his goal of AI superintelligence.
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Meta Expands Louisiana Data Center To $50 Billion Project
Meta has announced a major expansion of its Hyperion data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana, increasing the project's planned capacity to 5 gigawatts and pushing its total investment beyond $50 billion. According to the report, the facility will become the company's largest data center project, significantly larger than the original 2-gigawatt plan valued at $27 billion.The report said construction began in December 2024, with local businesse…
Meta reaches $50 billion investment in 5-gigawatt Louisiana data center
Meta announced Monday that its Louisiana data center investment has grown from $10 billion to $50 billion and that it expects to generate substantial local tax revenues as it pursues artificial superintelligence. The Richland Parish Data Center, nicknamed “Hyperion,” will be a nearly 10 million-square-foot, five-gigawatt facility, equivalent to a power plant capable of supplying enough electricity to power roughly 4 million average U.S. homes si…
North Louisiana Meta data center to become largest center in history
This would expand the campus to nearly 10 million square feet and 5 gigawatts of IT capacity, making this the largest facility in Meta's global fleet and one of the largest data centers ever built.
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Meta Expands Louisiana AI Data Center to $50 Billion, 5-Gigawatt Campus
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