Hyperion — Richland Parish

AI dedicated

Operated by Meta · Richland Parish, LA, US2 srcupdated 3mo ago

https://about.fb.com/news/2024/12/meta-louisiana-ai-data-center/

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.

Current capacity: —; median 0 · p95 387
Planned capacity: 5,000 MW
Supplier coverage: 8no peers; median 0 · p75 0
Announce → online lag: in progress; no completions yet

Bands compare operating capacity with the peer median. Planned capacity is shown separately and is not added.

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

5,000 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: —
Groundbreak: —
Online: —
Full capacity: —

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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