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SpaceX is close to finalizing a deal to acquire 130,000 acres of marshland in southern Louisiana for future Starship launch operations, with the state expected to announce the agreement later this month.
Meta expands its Hyperion AI supercluster plans to 5GW, pushing total Louisiana investment past $50 billion and pledging over $1 billion for local infrastructure improvements.
Meta's Hyperion AI data center in Louisiana has quintupled in cost from $10 billion to $50 billion in under two years, bringing economic benefits and community tensions as the massive project transforms a poor rural parish.
Meta's $10 billion Louisiana data center, Hyperion, is receiving $3.3 billion in tax breaks, more than seven years of the state's police budget, sparking debate over public subsidies for AI infrastructure.