Meta's office in Menlo Park, California, United States REUTERS/Nathan Frandino Meta announced this Monday (13) that its data center in Richland Parish, in the US state of Louisiana, will be expanded to 5 gigawatts of computing capacity, with investment in the project increasing to more than US$50 billion. ?? Do you have any reporting suggestions? Send to g1 The planned data center, known as Hyperion, was initially expected to provide more than 2 gigawatts of computing capacity to support the training of large language models, the technology behind tools like ChatGPT. The announcement comes as environmental and consumer groups increasingly push against energy-intensive expansion. US environmental group Earthjustice's request to investigate the financing of Meta's data center project in Louisiana was denied earlier this year.
Goal expands data center project for AI in the USA and increases investment to more than US$50 billion
Meta's office in Menlo Park, California, United States REUTERS/Nathan Frandino Meta announced this Monday (13) that its data center in Richland Parish, in the US state of Louisiana, will be expanded to 5 gigawatts of...
Earthjustice asserted that the financing agreement could ultimately unfairly shift project costs to the utility's customers if Meta abandons the project before the utility recoups its investment. Last year, United States President Donald Trump stated that the company's data center project would cost US$50 billion. Since construction began in December 2024, local Louisiana companies have received more than $1.6 billion in contracts from Meta, according to the company. With this expansion, the company said it plans to invest more than US$1 billion in improvements to local infrastructure, including roads, water and sewage systems. Meta, like its technology sector competitors, has invested billions of dollars in artificial intelligence data centers and computing power as demand continues to outstrip supply. The company has pledged to invest $600 billion in U.S. infrastructure and jobs over the next three years as it builds massive data centers to boost Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg's aggressive bets on AI agent technologies.
