What will it Take to Build the World's Largest Data Center?: Meta's 5-Gigawatt AI Data Center is Forcing Engineers to Throw Out the Rule Book

IF 2.2 4区工程技术 Q2 ENGINEERING, ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONIC

IEEE Spectrum Pub Date : 2026-04-01 Epub Date: 2026-04-07 DOI:10.1109/MSPEC.2026.11476980

Matthew S. Smith

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Abstract

The undying thirst for smarter (historically, that means larger) AI models and greater adoption of the ones we already have has led to an explosion in data-center construction projects, unparalleled both in number and scale. Chief among them is Meta's planned 5-gigawatt data center in Louisiana, called Hyperion, announced in June of 2025. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Hyperion will “cover a significant part of the footprint of Manhattan,” and the first phase—a 2-GW version—will be completed by 2030.

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建造世界上最大的数据中心需要什么？Meta的5千兆瓦人工智能数据中心正迫使工程师们抛弃规则手册

对更智能（从历史上看，这意味着更大）的人工智能模型的永恒渴望，以及对现有模型的更多采用，导致了数据中心建设项目的爆炸式增长，在数量和规模上都是无与伦比的。其中最主要的是Meta计划于2025年6月在路易斯安那州建立一个5千兆瓦的数据中心，名为Hyperion。Meta首席执行官马克·扎克伯格表示，Hyperion将“覆盖曼哈顿的很大一部分”，第一阶段（2gw版本）将于2030年完成。

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IEEE Spectrum 工程技术-工程：电子与电气

CiteScore

2.50

自引率

0.00%

发文量

254

审稿时长

4-8 weeks

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