Meta’s Hyperion Expands to 5GW With $50B+ Louisiana Investment

TL;DR
Meta’s Hyperion data-center supercluster in Richland Parish, Louisiana, is now planned as a 5GW facility costing more than $50 billion—up from the original $27 billion figure—backed by Louisiana incentives like a 20-year sales-tax exemption and Meta-funded local infrastructure; Meta says it will cover energy and water costs, with a goal of 2GW online by 2030 as part of a broader AI infrastructure buildout.
- Meta's Louisiana data center investment to reach $50 billion, aided by generous tax incentives CNBC
- Meta’s Louisiana Data Center to Surpass $250 Billion Price Tag Yahoo Finance
- Meta plans $40 billion expansion of Louisiana AI data center, more than doubling its size NOLA.com
- Meta expands Louisiana data center in $50B AI push, boosting rural community Fox Business
- Meta Lifts Cost of Louisiana Data Center to $50 Billion WSJ
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