Hyperscale AI data center
A hyperscale AI data center is a campus-scale facility — typically over 100 MW of IT load and often 1 GW+ in current builds — designed specifically for the dense GPU clusters and high-bandwidth networking required by frontier AI training and inference. In Louisiana, Meta's Hyperion (up to 5 GW), Amazon's Caddo + Bossier campuses, Hut 8's River Bend, and Applied Digital's central LA sites are all hyperscale AI builds.
Plain-English definition
A purpose-built data center campus exceeding ~100 MW IT load, optimized for high-density AI training and inference workloads.
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