Meta Plans 5GW Hyperion Campus, Cuts 8,000 Jobs to Fund $125–145B AI Buildout
META•Meta plans tens of gigawatts of AI center capacity, including a 5GW Hyperion campus (2GW Phase I by 2030), pushing U.S. data center power consumption toward 9–17% of generation. Meta will cut 8,000 jobs on May 20 to offset $125–145 billion in AI infrastructure spending after Q1 net income of $26.8 billion.
1. AI Data Center Expansion
Mark Zuckerberg has outlined ambitions to build tens of gigawatts of AI training and inference capacity this decade, highlighted by the Hyperion data center in Louisiana designed for five gigawatts with a two-gigawatt first phase scheduled by 2030.
2. Power Grid Strain Projections
Gigawatt-scale campuses consume electricity equivalent to large nuclear plants, and industry analyses forecast U.S. data centers could draw 9%–17% of national power generation by 2030, driven by rack densities exceeding 200 kilowatts.
3. Workforce Cuts to Offset Costs
On May 20, Meta will eliminate 8,000 roles (10% of its staff) to help finance $125–145 billion in AI infrastructure investment after reporting a Q1 net income of $26.8 billion and $56.3 billion in revenue.
