Meta Data Center Budget Surges to $50 Billion
firstadopter · x · 2026-07-13
Meta announced that its Richland Parish, Louisiana campus—set to become its largest data center—will have a planned capacity of 5GW and a total cost exceeding $50 billion.
CNBC notes that this figure is a significant jump from the $27 billion estimate revealed last October, indicating that Meta's investment in AI infrastructure is accelerating rather than slowing down.
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