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Meta announces a larger Richland Parish development

· Source checked 2026-10-13

Meta announced an expansion of its Louisiana data-center development in Richland Parish, describing a planned 5 GW of compute capacity and more than $50 billion of regional investment.

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These are company-announced plans and a regional investment figure, not measured electricity consumption, commissioned capacity or completed expenditure. The announcement does not establish a new operational date.

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