Meta Platforms is preparing to commit substantially more capital to its data center campus in rural Louisiana, announcing that the Richland Parish project will expand to at least 5 gigawatts of computing capacity at a cost of $50 billion, compared with a previously disclosed $10 billion investment. Bloomberg previously reported that Meta could spend another $200 billion on the development, largely for computing chips, and including those costs, the total expected investment could exceed $250 billion, according to a person familiar with the financing, though Meta has publicly disclosed only $50 billion. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg has increased infrastructure spending over the past two years, and Meta currently has 33 data centers either completed or under active development, while Zuckerberg has pledged to invest at least $600 billion in U.S. infrastructure projects. The company also committed $10 billion last week to build its first data center in Canada. Blue Owl Capital, an outside investor that owns an 80% stake in the project, has approached Wall Street for billions of dollars, while Entergy Louisiana is spending billions to build 10 gas-fired power plants. Meta said the completed data center will support 1,000 jobs and has generated more than $1.6 billion in contracts for Louisiana businesses since construction began in December 2024.