Just how big is Meta's gargantuan Hyperion data center site?

We built an interactive map that lets you teleport the nearly 5-mile-long, 1-mile-wide Hyperion tract to some recognizable spots, like Manhattan, Washington DC, London, or even your own address.

https://sherwood.news/tech/see-for-yourself-just-how-massive-metas-hyperion-data-center-is/

Chuffed to be asked by @niemanlab for a 2026 prediction. I wrote about how someone will claim to achieve AGI next year, and how the news media will not be ready for it. Thank you @joshuabenton.com for the invitation!

https://www.niemanlab.org/2025/12/a-tech-company-will-claim-to-have-achieved-agi-the-news-media-wont-be-ready/

I took a deep dive into Meta’s “Hyperion” data center in Richland Parish, LA.

The scale of the tax breaks that Meta received are staggering. The company won’t have to pay any sales tax on severs, networking gear, or GPUs.

Sales taxes on just the ~$35 billion they will spend on GPU’s could fund the Louisiana state police for 7 years, or pay the salaries of all public school teachers in the state for more than a year.

https://sherwood.news/tech/hyperion/

NEW POST! 🪨🌈 A new, colorful map from the USGS synthesizes decades of state and federal geologic surveys to create the most detailed visualization of the geology of the contiguous United States to date.

https://www.beautifulpublicdata.com/usgs-cooperative-national-geologic-map/

Meta will begin using your AI chats to target you with ads.

But Meta has a spotty record protecting sensitive personal information from leaking into its ad platform. Previously, Meta’s pixel leaked sensitive data — financial, medical, and mental heath information.

https://sherwood.news/tech/meta-will-begin-using-your-ai-chats-to-target-you-with-ads/

Colossus. Prometheus. Stargate. Hyperion.

Nvidia’s $100 billion investment in OpenAI to develop AI infrastructure is just the latest in a series of massive data center mega projects, measured in gigawatts and millions of GPUs. Here’s our guide to the biggest AI center projects announced so far:
https://sherwood.news/tech/clash-of-the-titans-here-are-the-biggest-ai-data-center-projects/

Apple is fifteen years into a project to design its own chips for key functions of its products. While competitors are just getting started making their own chips, Apple’s steady progress releasing new chips like clockwork gives it a key strategic advantage.

Systems-on-a-chip, wireless networking, cellular modems...the list keeps growing. Cameras are one of the last categories it hasn’t tackled yet.

https://sherwood.news/tech/apple-is-packing-a-growing-number-of-self-built-custom-chips-into-its/