Meta Hyperion
Meta · Delhi vicinity, LA · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- Under constructionSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 32.4442, -91.4906
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Entergy Louisiana
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 2000 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-28
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Under construction
Site preparation and construction underway
Underlying source - Proposed
Announced as part of Meta's $65B 2025 capex plan; described as a 2-gigawatt AI data center campus
Underlying source
Source notes
A second, larger Meta data center development at the same Richland Parish complex is in progress under the internal name 'Project Evest' (Evest LLC, a Meta subsidiary and Laidley affiliate), the subject of a new, not-yet-docketed LPSC certification application (Direct Testimony of Laura K. Beauchamp on behalf of Entergy Louisiana, filed March 2026, public-redacted version). The testimony states Evest 'seeks to develop adjacent to Laidley's data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana, that was the subject of the proceedings in LPSC Docket No. U-37425' (i.e., the already-tracked Hyperion project). To serve Evest, Entergy is seeking certification of seven new 754 MW 1x1 CCCT generators (four near the Richland Parish site, three sited near the existing Big Cajun site in Pointe Coupee Parish) plus battery storage co-located at the Bogalusa West Solar and Cypress Harvest Solar facilities -- on top of the three CCCTs (Franklin Farms 1&2, Waterford 5) already approved for Hyperion itself. Investigative coverage (The Lens, 2026-04-14) puts the combined Hyperion+Evest generation build at 10 new gas plants, 7,000+ MW, and $16B+ in new fossil-fuel infrastructure serving this one customer, and reports the underlying Entergy-Meta commercial agreements are not fully public. As of September 2026, Evest's own docket number and site-specific coordinates were not yet public.
Entergy Louisiana is building new natural-gas combined-cycle generation (7+ units, 5,200+ MW) to serve the load, plus Meta committed up to 2,500 MW of new solar; Meta pledges to match total use with 100% clean and renewable energy. The gas buildout and its ratepayer impact are contested by advocates.
Sources and provenance
- Meta to build AI data center in Louisiana — Reuters · source retrieved 2026-07-05
- Meta Selects Northeast Louisiana as Site of $10 Billion AI-Optimized Data Center · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Richland Parish Data Center · source retrieved 2026-09-15
- Meta's $10 billion Louisiana data center is getting $3.3 billion in tax breaks · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Entergy Louisiana announces new agreement with Meta · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- In Rural Louisiana, Meta's New Data Center Promises Growth — But at What Cost? · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Entergy Louisiana receives LPSC approval for major infrastructure investments to support Meta's data center · source retrieved 2026-08-26
- Direct Testimony of Laura K. Beauchamp, Entergy Louisiana (Project Evest), March 2026 — seven additional 754 MW CCCTs and 400 MW of battery storage · source retrieved 2026-08-26
- Teachers and Local Businesses Win as Meta Expands Louisiana Data Center · source retrieved 2026-09-03
- Meta Commits More Than $50 Billion for North Louisiana Project · source retrieved 2026-10-17
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.