While people here are still arguing about wind turbines, in the United States they are building the next global power base:
computing power.
And Meta is serious.
Very serious.
Hyperion: The Monster in Louisiana
The company behind Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp is already building a gigantic AI data center called Hyperion in Richland Parish, Louisiana.
Investment volume:
10 billion dollars.
Planned area:
Over 4 million square feet.
Property:
2,250 acres – almost three times the size of Central Park in New York.
But that was apparently only Phase 1.
As Fortune reports, Meta has quietly acquired another 1,400 acres of land—almost twice the size of Central Park.
This brings the total area to a scale that surpasses even international airports.
And that is no coincidence.
Phase 2: The Real Plan?
Officially, Meta has not commented on additional expansion phases.
Unofficially, several sources connected to the project say that this land purchase paves the way for a massive second expansion phase.
On site already are:
- Heavy machinery
- Utility markings
- Construction containers
- Permit signs
Everything points to preparations underway.
Meta is not just building a data center.
Meta is building an infrastructure power hub.
The Real Race: AI Infrastructure
What is happening here is part of a much larger trend.
The so-called “hyperscalers” — in other words, tech giants like Meta — are securing at a rapid pace:
- Land
- Energy
- Financing
- political support
The AI boom is not a software boom.
It is an infrastructure boom.
Whoever controls computing power controls the future of:
- Military technology
- Automation
- Medicine
- Financial systems
- Information flows
50 Billion Dollars?
As early as 2025, Donald Trump stated in a cabinet meeting that Meta intends to invest up to 50 billion dollars in this project over the long term.
He held up a graphic showing the data center laid over Manhattan.
“What kind of facility is that?” he asked.
The answer is clear:
A strategic AI factory.
Energy Hunger: Gigawatts Instead of Kilowatts
To meet the electricity demand, the energy provider Entergy plans to build three new gas power plants — cost: 3 billion dollars.
Because AI models on the path to “superintelligence” require enormous computing power.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg openly speaks of building “tens of gigawatts” of infrastructure this decade — and later even hundreds of gigawatts.
For comparison:
A single gigawatt can supply hundreds of thousands of households.
This is not about server rooms.
This is about industrial energy complexes.
500 Jobs — or Geopolitical Shift?
Meta promises:
- 3,700–5,000 construction jobs
- 500 permanent jobs
For an economically weak region, this is relevant.
But the real significance lies elsewhere.
These facilities determine who leads in the global AI race.
And this race has long been geopolitical.
China is building.
The United States is building.
Big Tech is building.
Europe is debating.
Meta Compute: The Next Stage
With “Meta Compute,” Zuckerberg has launched a new top-level initiative.
Goal:
Massive data centers as a strategic competitive advantage.
His sentence is remarkable:
“How we develop, finance, and operate this infrastructure will become a strategic advantage.”
That is not startup rhetoric.
That is industrial policy.
What Does This Mean for Europe?
While Germany is shutting down power plants and complaining about energy prices, AI power plants on a gigawatt scale are being built in the United States.
The question is not whether Meta is building too big.
The question is:
Who is building here?
Who thinks in 20-year cycles?
Who is securing energy, land, and capital for the digital future?
Conclusion: The New Arms Race Is Electric
Hyperion is not a normal data center.
It is part of a global infrastructure race.
AI will not be decided by algorithms alone.
But in concrete.
In steel.
In gigawatts.
And while some are still arguing over symbolic politics, others are investing tens of billions of dollars in the computing power of tomorrow.
The future does not belong only to the brightest minds.
But to those who operate the machines on which those minds run.
Share this article if Europe finally needs to understand that the AI race is not a software project — but a question of strategic power.
In Marla We Trust.
📚 Further Reading – Partner Links
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1. Hannah Arendt – On Violence
1. Hannah Arendt – On Violence
An analysis of the mechanisms of political control and public fear.
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2. George Orwell – 1984
The classic work on language control, truth, and surveillance.
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3. Timothy Snyder – On Tyranny
Twenty lessons on how democracies die.
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