Meta Hyperion — Richland Parish
Richland Parish, Louisiana Under construction
Meta has expanded the campus it announced and the power plans tied to it. Older project descriptions may no longer describe all that is proposed to be built.
- Developer
- Meta
- Operator
- Meta
- Stage
- Under construction, as of July 13, 2026
- Records as of
- November 11, 2026
- Scope
- A campus
Meta’s July 2026 announcement describes an expansion while the site is being built. It also describes the future, when the site will be running.
Source: Meta, Richland Parish expansion announcement, July 13, 2026.
Water
Does the disclosed design cool the whole campus this record covers without evaporating water?
Not known
The listed records do not answer this.
Is a number public for how much water the site or campus needs or consumes?
Not knownCompany statement
Meta publishes promises to restore water (“replenishment” commitments). The promises are for named watersheds. A watershed is the land that drains to one stream, river or lake. The listed records give no campus water budget as a number. That means a budget for withdrawal (water taken from a source) or consumption (the part that is not returned).
Source: Meta, Richland Parish one-year project update, December 19, 2025.
Power
Is clean power accounting for this project public, and does it clearly state the matching period?
Not knownCompany statement
Meta’s expansion announcement names power made from natural gas alongside batteries and purchased power. It also names nuclear uprates, which raise the amount of power a nuclear plant may make. It does not give a result for this project that counts clean electricity by the hour or by the year.
Source: Meta, Richland Parish expansion announcement, July 13, 2026.
Generators
Is a final air permit for this project public in the listed records?
Not known
The listed records do not answer this.
Noise
Do the listed records show enforceable noise limits, as numbers, for the site when it runs?
Not known
The listed records do not answer this.
Costs
Do public records show an adopted tariff or agreement that says who pays the project’s power costs?
Not knownOfficial record
The Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) regulates the state’s power companies. A transcript of its April 15, 2026 meeting says it approved a settlement in August 2025. The settlement was between LPSC staff and Entergy. It covers power supply and power lines (“generation and transmission resources”) to serve Meta. The approval is recorded in Order U-37425. The listed records do not give the order’s cost terms. At the same meeting, the LPSC took up a newer Entergy request (Docket U-37882) for a large data center in Richland Parish. The chairman spoke of “the extension of this project” and said “nothing has been approved”. The LPSC set the request for its meeting of December 16, 2026. Meta’s announcement of July 13, 2026 says Meta “pays the full costs of the energy, water, and related infrastructure the data center uses”.
Sources: Louisiana Public Service Commission, Commission transcript of April 15, 2026, pages 29–30 and 38–51, April 15, 2026; Meta, Richland Parish expansion announcement, July 13, 2026.
Promises
Does a public record show a local land-use decision?
Not known
The listed records do not answer this.
What is public
Is there a public disclosure or a government record about this project?
YesCompany statement
Meta publishes updates about this project. They cover construction, infrastructure and expansion.
Source: Meta, Richland Parish expansion announcement, July 13, 2026.
Are measured environmental results for the site or campus public, with the dates they cover?
Does not applyCompany statement
The expansion is at the construction stage. Environmental results from running the site do not apply at this stage.
Source: Meta, Richland Parish expansion announcement, July 13, 2026.
Limits of these records
- A promise to restore water is not a measured count of the water going into and out of the campus (a “water balance”).
- Power made from natural gas on the power company’s side (the “utility side”) belongs in the count of the project’s impacts. This holds even when the power is made outside the campus.
- The listed records do not show that the original service arrangement covers every later phase (building stage), such as the July 2026 expansion.