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Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is building a 5GW AI data center


Mark Zuckerberg says Meta is building out some massive data centers to power its AI ambitions and compete with OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic.

Meta is currently building out a data center, called Hyperion, which the company expects to supply its new AI lab with five gigawatts (GW) of computational power, CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Monday post on Threads. One of Meta’s data center projects in Newton County, Georgia, has already caused the water taps to run dry in some residents’ homes, The New York Times reported Monday. AI hyperscaler CoreWeave is planning a data center expansion that is projected to double the electricity needs of a city near Dallas, Texas, according to Bloomberg.

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