Meta to Invest $1.5 Billion in Massive 1-Gigawatt Texas Data Center for Next-Gen AI Infrastructure

Meta plans a $1.5B, 1-gigawatt data center in El Paso, Texas (operational by 2028), alongside large-scale AI infrastructure projects in Louisiana (“Hyperion,” potentially up to $50B, with $29B financing from PIMCO and Blue Owl) and Ohio (“Prometheus”), reflecting aggressive expansion to support next-generation AI amid competition with OpenAI and Alphabet; the company’s 2025 capital expenditures are projected at $72B.