Meta expands Louisiana data center in $50B AI push, boosting rural community

July 14, 2026

Meta is expanding its massive data center project in Richland Parish, Louisiana, to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity, making it one of the largest data centers in history, the company announced Monday.

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