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Published: Tuesday, May 19, 2026

Meta Hyperion data centre: $200 billion, 10 gas plants, and 4,000 acres in rural Louisiana for AI Skip to content Toggle Navigation News Events TNW Conference June 19 & 20, 2025 All events Spaces Programs Newsletters Partner with us Jobs Contact News Error 404: Page Not Found Error 404: Page Not Found Error 404: Page Not Found Latest Deep tech Sustainability Ecosystems Data and security Fintech and ecommerce Future of work Conference media hub More Startups and technology Investors and funding Government and policy Corporates and innovation Podcast Artificial Intelligence Meta’s $200 billion Hyperion data centre in Louisiana is the most expensive private infrastructure project in American history May 19, 2026 - 12:10 pm TL;DR Meta’s Hyperion AI data centre campus in Richland Parish, Louisi

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Meta Hyperion data centre: $200 billion, 10 gas plants, and 4,000 acres in rural Louisiana for AI Skip to content Toggle Navigation News Events TNW Conference June 19 & 20, 2025 All events Spaces Programs Newsletters Partner with us Jobs Contact News Error 404: Page Not Found Error 404: Page Not Found Error 404: Page Not Found Latest Deep tech Sustainability Ecosystems Data and security Fintech and ecommerce Future of work Conference media hub More Startups and technology Investors and funding Government and policy Corporates and innovation Podcast Artificial Intelligence Meta’s $200 billion Hyperion data centre in Louisiana is the most expensive private infrastructure project in American history May 19, 2026 - 12:10 pm TL;DR Meta’s Hyperion AI data centre campus in Richland Parish, Louisiana, now carries a projected cost exceeding $200 billion. The facility spans nearly 4,000 acres, will require 10 gas-fired power plants generating 7+ gigawatts, and is financed through a $27 billion off-balance-sheet Wall Street deal. Meta is building the most expensive single piece of private infrastructure in American history. Hyperion, the company’s AI data centre campus in Richland Parish, Louisiana, now carries a projected cost of more than $200 billion , a figure that has grown steadily since the project was first announced at $10 billion in December 2024. The campus spans nearly 4,000 acres, will require 10 gas-fired power plants generating more than 7 gigawatts of electricity, and is being financed through a $27 billion Wall Street deal that allows Meta to keep most of the debt off its own balance sheet. It is, by any measure, a bet that the returns from AI infrastructure will justify expenditure on a scale that no private company has ever attempted. The scale of the project Hyperion will consist of up to nine buildings across a site that has expanded repeatedly since Meta first acquired land in Richland Parish. The company purchased an additional 1,400 acres earlier this year, bringing the total campus to roughly four times the size of Manhattan’s Central Park. The facility is designed to deliver 5 gigawatts of computational power, with an additional 2.5 gigawatts allocated to campus support systems, cooling, and infrastructure. It is expected to become operational by 2030. To power the campus, Entergy Louisiana is building 10 gas-fired power plants, tripling the three originally planned. Meta reached a new agreement with Entergy in March 2026 for seven additional plants generating 5.2 gigawatts, on top of the initial three. Meta will pay for the construction of all 10 plants and has committed to funding 2.5 gigawatts of new renewable energy resources, 240 miles of new transmission lines, and battery energy storage systems. The two companies are also exploring the potential use of nuclear power for future capacity. The project is expected to create more than 500 permanent operational jobs and employ more than 5,000 construction workers at peak activity.

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