Noisy, energy-hungry, and dangerous — if there’s one thing small town Americans have quickly learned, it’s that a new data center is a seriously unwelcome neighbor.

First announced in December of 2024, construction on Meta’s new Hyperion data center is already well underway. With a price tag of $27 billion, the massive project has an expected computing capacity of five gigawatts, enough to power over a million US homes. Assuming the project’s convoluted financial situation doesn’t force Meta to adjust its plans, it will be the largest data center in the world when it comes online in 2030.

Sure to be a noisy, resource-guzzling behemoth, the massive installation is already giving one Louisiana town less than a mile away a brutal preview of its final form.

As reported by the Louisiana Illu

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