Locator: 51154LDCS.
But first, a review:
Top states, change from previous update (July 3, 2026 -- July 13, 2026 -- link here):
- Virginia: 579 --> 601-->603-->609 -->633-->637
- Texas: 411 --> 441-->461-->464–>467-->480-->504
- California: 289 --> 288-->287—>287-->291-->292
- Illinois: 232 --> 228-->228-->228-->239-->239
- Georgia: 214 --> 213-->213-->219-->228-->228
- Ohio: 201-->204-->204-->204–>210-->224-->236
- Arizona: 163 -->157-->156-->156-->156-->160
- New York: 133 --> 132 --> 132-->132-->133-->133
- Pennsylvania—> 131-->133-->138
- Indiana: 89 --> 122-->122-->122-->123-->123
- Iowa: 96 --> 101-->102-->102-->105-->116
- Missouri: 91-->92-->92
- Tennessee: 61-->63-->63
META's LDC in Lousisiana: link here.
Meta’s massive Hyperion data center project in rural Louisiana is getting much bigger and costlier, with a big assist from the state’s government. The company said in a blog post Monday that the site in Richland Parish, Louisiana — home to what will be Meta’s largest data center — will be a 5 GW facility and cost more than $50 billion.
That’s higher than the $27 billion figure that was revealed in October, when Meta and Blue Owl Capital formed a joint venture to help with the build-out and management of the facility, originally planned as a 2 GW data center.
It appears that discontinuing its VR division has generated a lot of free cash flow to significantly increase their pivot to the cloud, AI, and LDCs.
LDCs are tracked here.
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More Background
Re-posting from March 26, 2026:
META's LDCs:
- as of April 16, 2025, AI says the largest data center in the US is owned by Meta Platforms, located in Prineville, Oregon. Out in the middle of nowhere, northeast of Bend, Oregon.
- Meta's Richland Parish Data Center, Louisiana: link here.
- Meta's El Paso Data Center, El Paso, Texas: link here. $10 billion.
This is META's El Paso, Texas, project, from AI, just moments ago.
Breaking: META now plans to spend $10 billion on this data center, up from $1.5 billion. Link here.
