Meta is more than doubling its Louisiana AI data center to 5 gigawatts and $50 billion

The Hyperion supercluster in Richland Parish is nearly double its prior $27 billion price tag and more than double its original 2-gigawatt capacity

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Meta $META announced Monday that it is expanding its Hyperion data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana, to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity at a cost of more than $50 billion, up from a prior price tag of $27 billion and an original design capacity of 2 gigawatts.

The expanded project, which Meta describes as one of the largest AI infrastructure investments in the world, will also include more than $1 billion in local infrastructure improvements covering roads, water,........

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