Illustration by Tag Hartman-Simkins / Futurism. Source: Ömer Sercan Karku / Anadolu via Getty Images Noisy, energy-hungry, and dangerous — if there’s one thing small town Americans have quickly learned, it’s that a new data center is a seriously unwelcome neighbor. First announced in December of 2024, construction on Meta’s new Hyperion data center is already well underway. With a price tag of $27 billion, the massive project has an expected computing capa