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Meta Launches Multi-GW AI Data Center Expansion

Meta’s Superintelligence Labs is using hundreds of billions in capital to fast-track multi-GW AI clusters

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Overview

  • Prometheus, the first 1GW supercluster, is scheduled to go online in 2026 at a gas turbine-powered site near New Albany, Ohio.
  • Hyperion, under construction in Richland Parish, Louisiana, will ramp up to 5GW of compute capacity over several years.
  • The newly formed Superintelligence Labs unites elite AI researchers and engineers following Meta’s $14.3 billion investment in Scale AI and the recruitment of its CEO, Alexandr Wang.
  • Some facilities are being built in tent-like structures with prefabricated power and cooling modules to accelerate the build-out timeline.
  • The effort escalates a competitive race in AI hardware, pitting Meta’s superclusters against rival projects such as OpenAI’s Stargate and Google’s new data center builds.