Hyperion — Richland Parish

AI dedicated

Operated by Meta · Richland Parish, LA, US2 srcupdated 5d ago

Meta's Richland Parish, Louisiana campus, home to the Hyperion training cluster, expanding to 5 GW of compute and lifting stated regional investment above $50bn. Power is supplied via Entergy Louisiana, whose plan includes new gas-fired generation, grid-scale batteries and nuclear uprates.

Compared to peers

Compared with 166 peer facilities in US.

Capacity (MW)
5,0005×+ above median
median 26 · p95 1,750
Supplier coverage
8no peers
median 0 · p75 0
Announce → online lag
in progress
no completions yet

Bands describe deviation from peer median; not a judgment.

Ownership chain (Meta)

No ownership chain tracked yet for this entity. Investigators can add parent companies via the ownership_edge table or community findings.

Public subsidies & incentives

Total disclosed
$2800.0M
Claimed jobs
1,000
$/job claimed
$2800k
  • Louisiana ITEP — Richland ParishUS-LA · tax-abatement
    $1400.0M
    announced 2024.12.04 · 10y term · 500 jobs claimed
  • Louisiana ITEP — Richland Parish + Act 730 Data Center ExemptionUS-LA · tax-abatement
    $1400.0M
    announced 2024.12.04 · 20y term · 500 jobs claimed

Permits

  • grid interconnectEntergy Louisiana / MISO
    pending
    applied 2024.10.01 ·
  • environmentalLouisiana DEQ
    pending
    applied 2025.2.04 ·
  • waterLouisiana DEQ - Water Quality
    pending
    applied 2025.3.20 ·
  • zoningRichland Parish Police Jury
    granted
    issued 2024.12.12
  • zoningRichland Parish Police Jury / Louisiana state-level fast-tracking
    granted
Status
expanding
Current capacity
—
Planned capacity
5000 MW
Power source
gas
Cooling
direct-to-chip
Water draw
—
PUE
—
Capex
$50.0B

Location

City
Richland Parish
Region
LA
Country
US
Coordinates
32.4393, -91.7626
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Timeline

Announced
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Groundbreak
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Online
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Full capacity
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Power

Primary source
gas
Utility
—
PUE pledged
—

Suppliers (8)

  • Vertiv1 src
    cooling · Liquid cooling for AI training pods
  • Schneider Electric1 src
    electrical · Modular electrical skids
  • Entergy Louisiana1 src
    electrical · Utility — building 3 new gas plants for ~2.3GW supply · local
  • DPR Construction1 src
    gc · Construction partner
  • Mortenson2 src
    gc · GC for Hyperion ~2GW campus
  • Whiting-Turner1 src
    gc · GC for Hyperion buildings
  • NVIDIA1 src
    hardware · GPU systems for Meta AI training
  • Siemens Energy1 src
    transformer · HV transformers and substation

Sources (2)

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