The expansion will be a major increase over the $10 billion, 4-million-square-foot project Meta unveiled in December 2024, when it said the campus would deliver more than 2 GW of capacity. However, the 5GW target itself is not entirely new. CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in July 2025 that Hyperion would eventually reach that scale. Monday’s announcement formally ties the expanded capacity to an investment exceeding $50 billion and provides updated figures for jobs, contracts, and public infrastructure spending.
Much of the announcement is built around local economic impact. Meta said local Louisiana businesses have received more than $1.6 billion in contracts since construction began, while also highlighting teacher bonuses in Richland Parish that rose from $10,000 last year to more than $50,000 this year, funded by increased tax revenue tied to the data center.
In what appears to be a bid to pacify anti-data-center sentiment further, Meta said it plans to invest over $1 billion in local infrastructure improvements, including roads, water, and wastewater systems, as part of the expansion. The company’s recent agreement with utility Entergy Louisiana includes natural-gas plants providing more than 5.2 GW of capacity and support for up to 2.5 GW of new solar generation. Entergy claims Meta’s payments could save other customers around $2 billion over 20 years — a significant reprieve amid concerns over the impact of data centers on nearby residents’ electricity bills — although those savings remain projections.
On the other hand, the project is also receiving substantial state and local support. In late 2024, Louisiana Governor Jeff Landry signed into law a 20-year sales tax exemption for data centers built before 2029, part of an explicit effort to court Meta. The law allows qualifying data centers to claim sales-and-use-tax exemptions on eligible equipment. At the same time, Meta is expected to benefit from the state’s Quality Jobs program and a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement that could reduce its property-tax burden if investment and employment targets are met.
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