Meta Hyperion
Rayville, Richland Parish, LA
Meta Hyperion is under construction in Rayville, LA. Reported capacity is 5,000 MW, with an estimated investment of $50 billion on a site of about 2,758 acres. Richland Parish AI supercluster; broke ground Dec 2024; scaling to 5GW / $50B+, 2GW targeted by 2030; $30B Blue Owl financing; $1B+ local infrastructure.
- 5,000 MWPlanned capacity
- 2,758 acresSite size
Project status
- Announced December 2024
- Permitting
- Under construction
- Operational
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Site details
- Operator
- Meta
- County
- Richland Parish, LA
- Capacity
- 5,000 MW
- Size
- 2,758 acres
- Address
- Rayville, LA
- Stage
- Under construction
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Aerial imageryAerial imagery: USGS The National Map (public domain)
Louisiana hearing starts on Entergy’s plans for data centerBaton Rouge Advocate
Editorial: Meta changing life in Richland ParishAmerican Press
Richland Parish Meta project grows to world's largest data center amid cost concernsWBRZ
Richland Parish' Meta data center sends a big tax checkBaton Rouge Advocate
Groups fight Meta secrecy, claims Louisiana shielding data center recordsAmerican Press
Meta AI Data Center Workers Drive Business Boom in Rural LouisianaBusiness Insider
An $8 billion Treasury break helped Meta’s tax rate hit 2%. Senators want data center tax answersFortune
The states with the fewest and most data centers, rankedBusiness Insider
Finns Are Seething After Google Illegally Toppled 250,000 Trees for a Data CenterMother Jones
Google offer to pay others to help data center powerArkansas Online
This bill would make data centers pay their own way for powerSalt Lake City Deseret News
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