Meta Platforms is increasing its planned spending on its Louisiana data center campus, committing an additional $40 billion that would push the project’s total expected investment to more than $250 billion. The expansion is part of Meta’s broader effort to build out computing capacity to support artificial intelligence workloads.
Bloomberg and the Financial Post both report that the Louisiana campus is already described as a large, multi-site effort and that the new investment reflects continued growth in Meta’s AI computing needs. While the reports focus on the scale of the spending and the total projected price tag, they do not provide detailed timelines, specific data center locations within Louisiana, or breakdowns of how the additional funds will be allocated across hardware, construction, or power infrastructure.
Overall, both outlets agree on the same figures—an extra $40 billion commitment and a total investment exceeding $250 billion—linking the expansion directly to Meta’s expansion of AI-related computing capacity.
