Meta Commits Additional $40 Billion to Louisiana AI Data Center, Pushing Total Above $250 Billion

Meta Platforms has committed an additional $40 billion to its sprawling data center campus in Louisiana, lifting the project's total projected investment beyond $250 billion as the company races to secure computing capacity for its artificial intelligence ambitions. The expansion, reported on July 13, 2026, marks another dramatic escalation for what has become one of the largest single infrastructure undertakings in the technology industry.