A deep dive into Meta's Hyperion data center campus in Louisiana, expected to reach 5 GW of compute capacity; source: Meta plans to spend $200B+ on the project
Dustin Morris steers his propeller plane over farmland shrouded in a ghostly morning mist. From 900 feet up, Richland Parish …
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I agree - it's a very local question, one that communities and officials have to wrestle with. And in many cases, like my reporting from Meta's Hyperion site in Richland Parish, Louisiana, there are definite short-term winners and losers - especially during the chaotic construct…
Most Americans think a data center would be bad for their towns. Some are wrong. Data centers can absolutely impose harms on localities. But they can also bring rewards. And the cost-to-benefit ratio is positive in some contexts — at least, by the standards we typically use w…