President Trump says Meta plans to spend $50B on its “Hyperion” data center under construction in Louisiana; earlier, Meta said the investment would exceed $10B
President Trump: “This is something given to me by Mark Zuckerberg...This is AI. I never understood, because I built shopping centers...this is one he's building in Louisiana. That's Meta, Facebook...That's the size of Manhattan...I think they said 81% of Manhattan.” [video]
It is vital for American ingenuity and national security that we lead in AI development. As President @realDonaldTrump displayed during today's cabinet meeting, the size of the Meta AI Data Center being built in Richland Parish is nearly the size of Manhattan. Louisiana isn't j…