The complex is expected to cost more than $270 million
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Mark Zuckerberg seems worried about the end of the world, as he, like other tech moguls, is building a shelter in Hawaii capable of withstanding various disaster scenarios.
Meta CEO is building a huge compound in Kauai of Hawaii, which will have, among other things, an underground shelter of almost 500 square meters with a security entrance and autonomy, as well as having its own supplies of energy, food and water.
Zuckerberg's compound, called Koolau Ranch, is estimated to cost about $100 million, according to a Wired report that cited people familiar with the compound's building permit details. If the $170 million the Facebook creator spent to buy the land is added, the total cost rises to $270 million, but according to the publication, it is expected to end up being higher than the original budget.
Specifically, Zuckerberg plans to build a complex with 30 bedrooms and 30 bathrooms as well as a network of about a dozen treehouses, which will be connected to each other by rope bridges so that visitors can move from one to another while staying among the foliage. of trees.
The plans also include two mansions that will be joined by a tunnel, which will lead to the underground shelter. There will be a security entrance, accessible via a staircase, as well as extra heavy metal doors, filled with cement.
In the library of his mansion, Zuckerberg plans to build a secret room, which will be behind through hidden doors. Like other figures from the technology industry, the CEO of Meta is taking measures for the eventual end of the world. OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has guns, gold, antibiotics and gas masks in his arsenal.
LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman once told the New Yorker that at least half of Silicon Valley's billionaires have invested in some sort of “Apocalypse security”, such as an underground bunker.
