Meta expands its already massive Louisiana data center project

The data center gold rush continues to be mind-boggling. Last week, my colleague Sharon Goldman learned that Meta has bought about 1,400 acres—an area almost twice the size of Central Park—next to its already massive 2,250-acre Hyperion AI data center site in Louisiana. It’s a reminder that the data center story is a real estate story: Sharon points out that the total site is now more than twice the size of the nearest international airport in New Orleans. It’s a serious bet on Meta’s part, as Sharon w ...