Exhibit 2 · Project signal
Meta Hyperion
Data Center · Under Construction
ISO/RTO:MISOConfidence:High
- Status
- Under Construction
- State
- LA
- County
- Richland Parish
- Nearest city
- Holly Ridge / Rayville
- Utility
- Entergy Louisiana
- Developer / owner
- Meta
- Estimated load
- 5,000 MW
- Estimated generation
- 3,800 MW
- Reported capex (as cited)
- Over $10B initially; $27B+ via Blue Owl Capital partnership
- Announced
- 2024-12
- Expected COD
- Phased through the late 2020s
- Public summary
- Meta is building the largest single-campus data-center design publicly disclosed in MISO: 5 GW at full build on ~2,250 acres in northeast Louisiana, with a ~2 GW first phase targeted by 2030. Planned floor area near 4 million square feet ranks it among the largest buildings on earth. Entergy is building ~3,800 MW of new gas generation to serve the campus. (IEEE Spectrum via Quartz, May 2026.)
- Grid relevance
- Entergy is adding 3.8 GW of new gas generation for one customer. The project shows a utility rebuilding its generation plan around a single hyperscale load.
- Last updated
- 2026-06-17
- Sources
- Wikipedia: AI data centerPulled 2026-06-17https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AI_data_center