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Meta to Deploy 1GW Prometheus Supercluster, Plans 5GW Hyperion Expansion

After boosting 2025 capex to $64–72 billion, Meta’s Superintelligence Labs is recruiting top AI researchers to support a rapid build-out

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Overview

  • Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that the first 1GW AI data center, Prometheus, will go live in 2026 and that a 5GW Hyperion cluster will scale up over the coming years.
  • The company increased its 2025 capital expenditure forecast from $40 billion last year to $64–72 billion, earmarking most of the funds for new data centers and AI talent.
  • Meta Superintelligence Labs, led by Alexandr Wang, has poached researchers from OpenAI, Google DeepMind and other elite teams to drive its superintelligence push.
  • Water permit applications reveal the new AI campuses could consume millions of gallons of water daily, and existing sites east of Atlanta have already damaged local wells and driven up prices.
  • To accelerate its infrastructure roll-out, Meta is deploying temporary tent-based data centers that can be brought online quickly while permanent facilities are constructed.