May 19, 2026

Meta’s $200 billion Hyperion data centre in Louisiana is the most expensive private infrastructure project in American history

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Meta is building the most expensive single piece of private infrastructure in American history. Hyperion, the company’s AI data centre campus in Richland Parish, Louisiana, now carries a projected cost of more than $200 billion, a figure that has gro...