Meta to fund seven new natural gas power plants to fuel AI data centers — Entergy partnership to deliver 7 gigawatts of power for Louisiana AI facility
Key summary
Meta will fund seven new natural gas power plants to supply its Hyperion data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana.
Entergy Corp. will build the plants, which add 5.2 gigawatts to the Hyperion campus; Hyperion will be served by 10 natural gas facilities and total capacity will exceed 7 gigawatts.
Three gas plants approved last year are expected to generate roughly 2.3 gigawatts.
Meta will also fund 240 miles of transmission lines linking South Louisiana to North Louisiana and Arkansas, battery energy storage systems, and nuclear uprates at Entergy facilities; the seven new plants need state regulatory sign-off.
The deal is structured so Meta pays its full cost of service; Entergy projects more than $2 billion in customer savings over 20 years, and Meta declined to disclose how much it will spend.