Meta says it will spend an extra $40 billion on its nearly 4,000-acre data center campus in Louisiana in its quest for…
- Meta's 4,000 acre Hyperion data center will receive an additional $40 billion investment
- Meta says the project has been a huge benefit for the local community of Richland Parish
- Multiple groups and local residents have criticized the massive campus and its energy sourcing
Meta has announced that an additional $40 billion will be used to fund the construction of its enormous 4,000 acre data center campus in Richland Parish, Louisiana.
This additional funding brings the total Meta investment for the ‘Hyperion’ site to over $250 billion when combined with Bloomberg reporting of $200 billion allocated for the project in May, plus a previously announced $10 billion investment for the data center and surrounding community.
The data center itself is expected to consume 5 gigawatts of computing power, with an additional 2 gigawatts for wider campus needs, placing the predicted total usage upon completion at more than three times the power...
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