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Meta’s Hyperion Campus Reaches 5 GW

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Meta is expanding its Hyperion data center campus in Richland Parish, Louisiana, to as much as 5 gigawatts of compute capacity, with reported regional investment approaching $50 billion.

The project requires major electricity, transmission, water, wastewater, and road upgrades, while Entergy develops supporting generation and storage and Louisiana considers tax treatment for data centers. The buildout could bring substantial construction activity, jobs, contracts, and public revenue, but its scale has also prompted scrutiny over ratepayer exposure, water use, land impacts, and regulatory transparency.

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08/24/2026

The story now places greater emphasis on regulatory transparency and the possibility that households could indirectly bear infrastructure or electricity costs. Louisiana’s regulatory dispute over disclosure of Meta-related forecasts is the clearest new development, while the project’s scale and planned benefits remain broadly unchanged.

08/04/2026

The story now emphasizes implementation details around how Hyperion will be powered and staffed, while sharpening the expected scale of jobs, local spending, and regulatory review. It also narrows the financing context by dropping the earlier El Paso comparison from the current framing.

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