{"slug": "meta-expands-louisiana-data-center-to-5gw-in-new-ai-push", "title": "Meta expands Louisiana data center to 5GW in new AI push", "summary": "Meta Platforms announced it will expand its Louisiana data center project to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity, signaling a major investment in AI infrastructure. The expansion underscores Meta's push to scale its AI capabilities and support growing computational demands.", "body_md": "Meta Platforms ([META](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/META/)) will be expanding its data center project in Louisiana to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity.\n\nYahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley examines this latest news.\n\nMeta Platforms ([META](https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/META/)) will be expanding its data center project in Louisiana to 5 gigawatts of compute capacity.\n\nYahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley examines this latest news.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-expands-louisiana-data-center-to-5gw-in-new-ai-push", "canonical_source": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/video/meta-expands-louisiana-data-center-to-5gw-in-new-ai-push-150033147.html", "published_at": "2026-07-14 15:00:33+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-07-14 15:37:17.913359+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-infrastructure", "artificial-intelligence", "ai-chips"], "entities": ["Meta Platforms", "META"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-expands-louisiana-data-center-to-5gw-in-new-ai-push", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-expands-louisiana-data-center-to-5gw-in-new-ai-push.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-expands-louisiana-data-center-to-5gw-in-new-ai-push.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/meta-expands-louisiana-data-center-to-5gw-in-new-ai-push.jsonld"}}