Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced plans to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in building massive AI data centres across the United States.
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A post on Threads shared by the Meta founder revealed that the tech giant is constructing multiple multi-gigawatt data centre clusters, including two sites named Prometheus and Hyperion. The first of these, Prometheus, will be located in New Albany, Ohio and is expected to become operational by 2026. Hyperion, planned for Louisiana, could scale up to five gigawatts over time and is projected to be fully operational by 2030.
According to Zuckerberg, the scale of these sites is considerable, with at least one cluster covering an area nearly the size of Manhattan—approximately 59.1 square kilometres (22.8 square miles). He added that the data centres had been given “names befitting their scale and impact.”
Meta’s push comes as the company aims to build “superintelligence” — a form of AI it describes as having the potential to exceed human-level thinking capabilities. The move reflects a broader trend in the tech industry, where firms are increasing investments in infrastructure to support AI research and deployment.
According to the reports, the company, which generated over $160 billion in revenue in 2024, has expanded its focus on AI in recent years.
Commenting on the development, Karl Freund, principal analyst at Cambrian AI Research, told the BBC that Zuckerberg “intends to spend his way to the top of the AI heap.”
Following the announcement, Meta shares were trading around 1% higher, with the stock up more than 20% year-to-date, according to the media reports.
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