Meta reaches $50 billion investment in 10 million-square-foot Louisiana data center

Source: www.washingtonexaminer.com · Section: business-tech · Bias: Center-Right · Published: Mon, 13 Jul 2026 19:34:22 GMT

Meta announced Monday that its Louisiana data center investment has grown from $10 billion to $50 billion and that it expects to generate substantial local tax revenues as it pursues artificial superintelligence. The Richland Parish Data Center, nicknamed “Hyperion,” will be a nearly 10 million-square-foot, five-gigawatt facility, equivalent to a power plant capable of supplying […]

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