You have to admire Meta Platforms’ public relations savvy. Its Monday announcement that it was putting an additional $40 billion into its giant Louisiana data center—making its total investment in the facility $50 billion—was perfectly designed to win over what has become a critical constituency ...

Meta’s $50 Billion Data Center Raises AI Overbuild Questions

Meta said the planned Hyperion data center supercluster in Richland Parish, Louisiana, will be a 5GW facility and cost over $50 billion.