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Meta Expands Louisiana Hyperion AI Data Center to Over $50 Billion, Targeting 5 Gigawatts of Capacity

July 13, 2026 at 08:01 EDT

Infra & Chips

Meta has sharply escalated its flagship AI infrastructure bet, raising the planned scale of its Hyperion data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana, to more than 5 gigawatts of capacity and lifting its total investment to over $50 billion. The disclosure, made in a company blog post, marks the latest and largest upgrade to a project that has grown severalfold in under two years.

Richland Parish, Louisiana · Meta

Meta Doubles Down on "Hyperion": a $50B+, 5-Gigawatt AI Titan

Meta has lifted its flagship Louisiana data-center plan to more than 5 gigawatts of capacity and over $50 billion in investment — cementing Hyperion as one of the most ambitious single-campus computing projects announced to date.

5GW+

Planned power capacity

$50B+

Total investment

2,250+ac

Former-farm campus site

~11

Buildings, ~500 MW each

A project that ballooned in under two years

Investment target, by disclosure — each block ≈ $10B

~$10B

Dec 2024
initial framing

~$27B

Oct 2025
JV re-scope · 2 GW

$50B+

Latest
5 GW+ target

Why 5 GW is a different kind of build

Conventional data centers run in the hundreds of megawatts. A single AI supercluster at 5 GW approaches levels once tied to total U.S. data-center use in earlier eras — each block ≈ 0.5 GW.

~0.5 GW

Conventional
data center

5 GW+

Hyperion
"titan cluster"

Supporters point to gains

$160M+ in contracts to local businesses
$1B+ into roads, water & wastewater
1,000+ permanent jobs at completion
Meta bears full energy, water & infrastructure cost

Critics raise trade-offs

20-year sales-tax break from one of the poorest states
Heavy water & electricity demand on local grid
Strain on cooling, staffing and power supply
Little end-user evaluation — still under construction

Timeline still open-ended

Realizing the full vision hinges on the pace of power delivery and construction.

Initial 2 GW online by 2030

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Full 5 GW+ — date not set

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