Meta Richland Parish, Louisiana

Data Center Power Index verdict for Richland Parish — the market this facility sits in.

DC Hub analyst read on Richland Parish — the market this facility sits in (full deep-dive →).

Richland Parish hosts 22 tracked facilities totaling 19,500 MW of capacity, dominated almost entirely by Meta's dual operating entities. Meta operates 13 MW directly while Meta Platforms controls an additional 9 MW, consolidating roughly 100% of the tracked operator base in this parish. This extreme concentration around a single buyer creates a captive market dynamic with limited competitive tension. The infrastructure base exists primarily to serve Meta's expansion roadmap rather than a diversified tenant ecosystem. The DCPI verdict of AVOID is justified by two material constraints. The excess-power score of 44/100 signals tight supply margins—the region cannot reliably absorb incremental load growth without major grid upgrades. More critically, the constraint score of 38/100 represents severe infrastructure friction; this is a lower constraint rating than peer markets like New York…

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Published DC Hub data for this location.

DC Hub tracks 10 operating generating units totalling 2,129 MW within about 50 km of Richland Parish, US. Generation mix shapes both carbon profile and interconnection options for a site at this location.

Source: Global Energy Monitor unit inventory, operating units only. Counts are units, not plants.

Comparable facilities in Richland Parish tracked by DC Hub — compare power, operators, and grid context across the market.

• Meta Hyperion Building 9 · Meta · 560.0 MW
• Meta Hyperion Building 5 · Meta · 555.0 MW
• Meta Hyperion Building 3 · Meta · 555.0 MW
• Meta Hyperion Building 6 · Meta · 555.0 MW
• Meta Hyperion Building 7 · Meta · 555.0 MW
• Meta Hyperion Building 8 · Meta · 555.0 MW