Overview

• Meta has begun building its first 1GW AI data center, Prometheus, in New Albany, Ohio, with operations expected to start in 2026.
• The company is also developing Hyperion, a second supercluster in Louisiana designed to scale up to 5GW over several years.
• Meta reorganized its AI efforts under Superintelligence Labs, acquired a 49% stake in Scale AI and brought CEO Alexandr Wang onboard to consolidate talent.
• To expedite its build-out, Meta is using prefabricated power and cooling modules alongside temporary tent-based centers for early compute deployments.
• Meta raised its 2025 capital expenditure forecast to between $64 billion and $72 billion, dedicating most of that funding to AI infrastructure and staffing.