# Meta Richland Parish Data Center

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Meta’s Richland Parish Data Center is a major AI campus under construction near Rayville, Louisiana, within MISO. Phase 1 covers roughly 4 million square feet and is planned to support more than 2 GW of compute capacity; a later expansion would bring the Hyperion campus to 5 GW of compute capacity. Entergy Louisiana’s service plan includes new high-voltage transmission, substations, combined-cycle generation, renewable resources, battery storage, and nuclear uprates. The campus is not yet operating, and later-phase dates remain development targets.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: under_construction
- Asset scope: campus
- Location: LA-183 & Wade Rd, Rayville, Richland Parish County, Louisiana
- Owner: Funds managed by Blue Owl Capital (campus) — https://www.blueowl.com/
- Owner: Meta Platforms, Inc. (campus) — https://about.meta.com/
- Operator: Meta Platforms, Inc. (campus) — https://about.meta.com/
- Developer: Meta Platforms, Inc. and funds managed by Blue Owl Capital joint venture (campus) — https://investor.atmeta.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2025/Meta-Announces-Joint-Venture-with-Funds-Managed-by-Blue-Owl-Capital-to-Develop-Hyperion-Data-Center/
- Tenant: Meta Platforms, Inc. (campus) — https://about.meta.com/
- Contractor: DPR Construction (campus) — https://www.dpr.com/
- Contractor: Turner Construction Company (campus) — https://www.turnerconstruction.com/
- Contractor: Mortenson Construction (campus) — https://www.mortenson.com/

## Power and grid context

- Onsite generation: 2,260 MW · approved · phase · Initial Meta Richland Parish service plan · as of 2025-08-20 — Combined capacity of three combined-cycle combustion turbines in the initial Meta Richland Parish service plan. Two facilities are located in Richland Parish and one is at Entergy's Waterford site, so 2,260 MW is not a site-only capacity figure.
- ISO/RTO: Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO)
- Balancing authority: MISO Balancing Authority, with Entergy Louisiana identified as a local balancing authority within it.
- Electric utility: Entergy Louisiana, LLC
- Point of interconnection: Smalling Substation, which connects the Meta site to Entergy Louisiana's high-voltage transmission network.
- Substation: Smalling Substation (Rayville Smalling); the initial plan also includes two Entergy-owned substations and six customer-owned substations.
- Interconnection voltage: 500 kV

## Development

- Site status: Under construction overall: Phase 1 is under construction, while Phase 2 is in preconstruction. The campus is not reported as operational as of August 30, 2026.
- Site area: 3,200 acres
- Gross floor area: 9,500,000 square feet
- Buildings: 15
- Construction: Meta announced the Richland Parish Data Center on December 4, 2024 as a 4-million-square-foot, more-than-$10-billion AI campus on the former Franklin Farm site. Site work began in December 2024 and construction began in late 2024. Phase 1 includes four primary AI data-center buildings and is under construction; Phase 2 is in preconstruction, with building construction scheduled to begin in June 2027. The expanded Hyperion campus is planned for 5 GW of compute capacity, more than $50 billion of investment, and approximately 9.5 million square feet based on the stated Phase 1 and Phase 2 areas. The initial facility is expected to become operational by 2030; public reporting places full 5-GW delivery around 2032, while full physical build-out has also been reported as not expected until 2036.

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: hyperscale, ai_hpc
- Workloads: AI training, Training future open-source large language models
- Announced tenants: Meta Platforms, Inc.
- Operating context: Under construction; expected to become operational by 2030. This is a Meta AI-optimized hyperscale campus housing Hyperion. Funds managed by Blue Owl Capital and Meta have formed a joint venture that develops and owns the campus, while Meta leases all facilities for its use and operates the data-center environment.

## Sources

- [One Year In: Meta's Richland Parish Data Center Supports Louisiana Economy With $875M In Contracts](http://about.fb.com/news/2025/12/metas-richland-parish-data-center-supports-louisiana-economy-875-million-in-contracts)
- [Petition · Don’t Make Louisiana Taxpayers Fund Meta’s Power Bill - United States · Change.org](http://change.org/p/don-t-make-louisiana-taxpayers-fund-meta-s-power-bill)
- [Meta Louisiana data center investment reaches $50 billion amid AI push](http://cnbc.com/2026/07/13/meta-louisiana-data-center-investment-reaches-50-billion-amid-ai-push.html)
- [Deepening our investment in Richland Parish, Louisiana - Meta Data Centers](http://datacenters.atmeta.com/2026/07/deepening-our-investment-in-richland-parish-louisiana)
- [The largest Meta data center yet brings big impact to Louisiana - Meta Data Centers](http://datacenters.atmeta.com/richland-parish-data-center)
- [DPR Brings Mission Critical Expertise to Meta AI… | DPR Construction](http://dpr.com/media/press-releases/louisiana-data-center)
- [http://dpr.com/projects/meta-richland-parish-data-center](http://dpr.com/projects/meta-richland-parish-data-center)
- [Entergy Louisiana announces a new agreement with Meta that will deliver an additional $2B in customer savings - Entergy](http://entergy.com/news/entergy-louisiana-announces-a-new-agreement-with-meta-that-will-deliver-an-additional-2b-in-customer-savings)
- [Entergy Louisiana breaks ground on key substation to power data center in Richland Parish - Entergy](http://entergy.com/news/entergy-louisiana-breaks-ground-on-key-substation-to-power-data-center-in-richland-parish) — Entergy Louisiana · 2025-06-27
- [Entergy Louisiana to power Meta's data center in Richland ...](http://entergy.com/news/entergy-louisiana-power-meta-s-data-center-in-richland-parish)
- [Entergy Louisiana to power Meta's data center in Richland Parish - Entergy](http://entergy.com/news/entergy-louisiana-to-power-metas-data-center-in-richland-parish)
- [http://entergy.com/news/move-miso-delivering-benefits](http://entergy.com/news/move-miso-delivering-benefits)
- [Louisiana PSC allows Meta to keep Richland Parish data center details confidential](http://fox8live.com/2026/08/13/louisiana-psc-allows-meta-keep-richland-parish-data-center-details-confidential)
- [Meta - Meta Announces Joint Venture with Funds Managed by Blue Owl Capital to Develop Hyperion Data Center](http://investor.atmeta.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2025/Meta-Announces-Joint-Venture-with-Funds-Managed-by-Blue-Owl-Capital-to-Develop-Hyperion-Data-Center/default.aspx)
- [http://lailluminator.com/2026/08/04/meta-data-center-pollution-permit-doesnt-account-for-all-its-emissions-sierra-club-says](http://lailluminator.com/2026/08/04/meta-data-center-pollution-permit-doesnt-account-for-all-its-emissions-sierra-club-says)
- [Meta can keep its data center details private, PSC decides](http://lailluminator.com/2026/08/13/meta-data-center-private)
- [Generator Interconnection Queue](http://misoenergy.org/planning/resource-utilization/GI_Queue)
- [Richland Parish Data Center Construction | Mortenson](http://mortenson.com/projects/richland-parish-data-center)
- [Northwest Louisiana Finance Authority Economic Development Financing Term Sheet](http://powermag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/term-sheet-project-sucre-submitted-for-approval.pdf)
- [Home | Richland Parish Data Center](http://richlandparishdatacenter.com/)
- [Public Notices](http://therichlandbeaconnews.com/article/271%2Cpublic-notices)
- [Richland Parish | Turner Construction Company](http://turnerconstruction.com/pages/richland-parish-data-center-resource-page)
- [Meta data center in Richland Parish brings jobs, tax growth to northeast Louisiana](http://wafb.com/2026/07/29/meta-data-center-richland-parish-brings-jobs-tax-growth-northeast-louisiana) — WAFB · 2026-07-29
- [Meta is investing $40B more to expand Richland Parish data center project | WWNO](http://wwno.org/economy/2026-07-14/meta-is-investing-40b-more-to-expand-richland-parish-data-center-project)
- [Teachers and Local Businesses Win as Meta Expands Louisiana Data Center](https://about.fb.com/news/2026/07/13/teachers-local-businesses-win-as-meta-expands-louisiana-data-center/)
- [Hello, Louisiana! - Meta Data Centers](https://datacenters.atmeta.com/2024/12/hello-louisiana/)
- [Deepening our investment in Richland Parish, Louisiana - Meta Data Centers](https://datacenters.atmeta.com/2026/07/deepening-our-investment-in-richland-parish-louisiana/)
- [Richland Parish Data Center Info Sheet](https://datacenters.atmeta.com/asset/richland-parish-data-center-info-sheet/)
- [The largest Meta data center yet brings big impact to Louisiana - Meta Data Centers](https://datacenters.atmeta.com/richland-parish-data-center/)
- [Meta Richland Parish Data Center](https://datacenters.atmeta.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/07/Meta-Richland-Parish-Data-Center.pdf)
- [Louisiana Regulators Asked to Investigate Shady Meta Financing Deal That Could Leave Households Paying for Tech Giant's Electricity - Earthjustice](https://earthjustice.org/press/2026/louisiana-regulators-asked-to-investigate-shady-meta-financing-deal-that-could-leave-households-paying-for-tech-giants-electricity)
- [EDMS @ LOUISIANA DEQ (Document 15247724)](https://edms.deq.louisiana.gov/app/doc/view?doc=15247724)
- [Hyperion Data Center](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperion_Data_Center)
- [Landry Announces Meta Selects North Louisiana as Site of $10 Billion Artificial Intelligence Optimized Data Center | Office of Governor Jeff Landry](https://gov.louisiana.gov/news/4697)
- [PUBLIC COMMENTS](https://internet.deq.louisiana.gov/portal/DIVISIONS/PPPSD/PUBLIC-COMMENTS?AI=245583&AIName=Laidley+LLC+%2F+Laidley+Data+Center&Activity=PER20260001&DL=7%2F30%2F26&Media=Air+Quality&PermitNumber=2460-00035-01&Subject=PROPOSED+SYNTHETIC+MINOR+SOURCE+AIR+OPERATING+PERMIT)
- [Meta - Meta Announces Joint Venture with Funds Managed by Blue Owl Capital to Develop Hyperion Data Center](https://investor.atmeta.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2025/Meta-Announces-Joint-Venture-with-Funds-Managed-by-Blue-Owl-Capital-to-Develop-Hyperion-Data-Center/)
- [Meta - Meta Announces Joint Venture with Funds Managed by Blue Owl Capital to Develop Hyperion Data Center](https://investor.atmeta.com/investor-news/press-release-details/2025/Meta-Announces-Joint-Venture-with-Funds-Managed-by-Blue-Owl-Capital-to-Develop-Hyperion-Data-Center/default.aspx)
- [Meta can keep its data center details private, PSC decides](https://lailluminator.com/2026/08/13/meta-data-center-private/) — Louisiana Illuminator · 2026-08-13
- [U-37425](https://lpscpubvalence.lpsc.louisiana.gov/portal/PSC/DocketDetails?docketId=32146)
- [LPSC - Home](https://lpscpubvalence.lpsc.louisiana.gov/portal/PSC/DocketDetails?docketId=32728)

## Data quality

- The evidence distinguishes the exact Richland Parish/Hyperion campus from nearby or unrelated data-center projects; articles classified as exact-asset evidence identify Richland Parish, Holly Ridge, Hyperion, the Richland Parish Data Center, or the associated site-specific power arrangements.
- Several benefit figures are company, state-agency, or utility claims and are reported as such rather than independently verified. Some figures changed after the July 2026 expansion announcement; the larger expansion figures are not substituted for earlier project descriptions where the article concerned the earlier phase.
- The evidence supports community concerns about traffic, crashes, dust, water discoloration, power interruptions, transparency, and ratepayer exposure, but does not establish that construction caused every reported utility or health effect.
- No verified petition was found that sought to stop the entire project. Two site-specific Change.org petitions were found: one concerning construction impacts in Holly Ridge and one concerning the project's power costs and transparency.
- The public-hearing record includes both local Richland Parish proceedings and Louisiana Public Service Commission proceedings. The November 2024 local hearing concerned the development agreement and related project arrangements; the August 2026 PSC hearing concerned disclosure of Meta's projected jobs and electricity-use information, not final approval of the entire expanded campus.
- The reviewed evidence identifies regulatory and court challenges involving the associated Entergy power project. The April 2025 court challenge was dismissed, while the July-August 2026 subpoena dispute was resolved by the PSC's August 12, 2026 vote to quash the subpoena. No separate pending court case against the campus itself is identified in the evidence.
- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.

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