A deep dive into Meta's Hyperion data center campus in Louisiana, expected to reach 5 GW of compute capacity; source: Meta plans to spend $200B+ on the project (Riley Griffin/Bloomberg)

<a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-meta-facebook-ai-data-center-louisiana/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3OTE0MzY0OCwiZXhwIjoxNzc5NzQ4NDQ4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJURjkzT1BLSVVQWlIwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDQThGQ0Y4NkY1QjY0ODlCODA4ODkwNTFBNjMxRERBRCJ9.k-1_v7eO52l28jPzuwhEkxbsxeYkjVPyd86pxBfEItY"><img align="RIGHT" border="0" hspace="4" src="http://www.techmeme.com/260518/i47.jpg" vspace="4" /></a> <p><a href="https://www.techmeme.com/260518/p47#a260518p47" title="Techmeme permalink"><img height="12" src="http://www.techmeme.com/img/pml.png" style="border: none; padding: 0; margin: 0;" width="11" /></a> Riley Griffin / <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/">Bloomberg</a>:<br /> <span style="font-size: 1.3em;"><b><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2026-meta-facebook-ai-data-center-louisiana/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTc3OTE0MzY0OCwiZXhwIjoxNzc5NzQ4NDQ4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJURjkzT1BLSVVQWlIwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJDQThGQ0Y4NkY1QjY0ODlCODA4ODkwNTFBNjMxRERBRCJ9.k-1_v7eO52l28jPzuwhEkxbsxeYkjVPyd86pxBfEItY">A deep dive into Meta's Hyperion data center campus in Louisiana, expected to reach 5 GW of compute capacity; source: Meta plans to spend $200B+ on the project</a></b></span>&nbsp; &mdash;&nbsp; Dustin Morris steers his propeller plane over farmland shrouded in a ghostly morning mist.&nbsp; From 900 feet up, Richland Parish &hellip; </p>