Meta Expands Louisiana Data Center to 5 Gigawatts in $50 Billion Investment
CNBC—Meta Platforms is dramatically scaling its Louisiana data center campus, bringing total investment to over $50 billion while expanding the facility's planned power capacity to 5 gigawatts. The expansion was facilitated in part by generous state tax incentives offered by Louisiana, positioning the state as a major hub for large-scale AI and cloud computing infrastructure. A 5-gigawatt data center would rank among the largest in the world, requiring substantial upgrades to local power grids. The announcement reflects the accelerating infrastructure arms race among major tech companies investing in AI computing capacity.