Meta says its Hyperion data center “supercluster” in Richland Parish, Louisiana, is expanding to 5 gigawatts (GW) of compute capacity and will cost more than $50 billion. The project was originally announced in October with an expected cost of over $27 billion and a smaller planned capacity, with earlier figures cited as around 2 GW. Multiple outlets report that the updated plan effectively nearly doubles the estimated cost from the earlier projection and more than doubles the planned computing capacity. Meta also frames the expansion as part of its broader push to support artificial intelligence infrastructure, with the Hyperion site positioned as its largest data center. Reporting also notes that the scale of the investment is tied to incentives associated with the Louisiana location, although details of those incentives are not consistently described across the sources. Overall, all accounts agree on the key update: Hyperion grows to 5 GW and the total investment rises to over $50 billion, marking a major escalation from earlier plans for the same Louisiana facility.