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Meta plans to invest hundreds of billions of dollars in building large AI data centres in the US, including the Prometheus and Hyperion clusters, to develop superintelligence technology, with the first centre expected to be operational by 2026 and fully online by 2030.
The US faces significant challenges in powering the booming AI data centre industry due to strained interconnection queues, the need for new infrastructure, and market structures that may not incentivize sufficient supply, risking blackouts and higher costs. Industry leaders suggest that a large-scale, coordinated effort similar to the space race is necessary to meet the extraordinary growth in data centre energy demand, with innovative solutions like off-grid power and small modular reactors being explored.