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Louisiana data center and compute infrastructure map

Start with the state view and mapped project locations, then move into permits, planning, civic context, operators and source evidence. Only locations supported by explicit coordinates are plotted.

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Evidence-backed project locations

Louisiana project points

Only records with explicit published coordinates are plotted here. Missing coordinates remain visible in the evidence sections rather than being guessed.

1 mapped location
Meta "Hyperion"Richland Parish (Holly Ridge / Rayville)The campus is in Holly Ridge, Richland Parish, on the former Franklin Farms megasite near the LA-183 and Wade Road area outside Rayville, at approximately 32.477149, -91.632333; the initial site is ~2,250 acres, expanded by ~1,400 acres.corroboratedOpen source →
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Current development signals

Permits, filings, zoning and other activity

7 source-backed evidence rows are integrated on this page.

Richland Parish Data Center — site housing "Hyperion," Meta's AI-optimized data center

Richland Parish (Holly Ridge area)

Developer / operator: Meta

Status: "We're expanding our AI-optimized data center in Richland Parish"; buildings to achieve LEED Gold "once operational"

Permit / docket: n.a.

Record type: n.a. (company announcement)

Capacity / size: 5 GW of compute capacity; commitment to help fund up to 2.5 GW of clean and renewable generation; acreage not stated

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: First-party page carries no permit numbers, acreage, or dollar figure.

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Laidley LLC / Laidley Data Center (the permitted entity for the Meta Richland Parish campus)

Richland Parish

Developer / operator: Laidley LLC

Status: "The comment period for this public notice ended at 4:30pm, 7/30/26"; initial permit shows "Issue Final Decision"

Permit / docket: Permit No. 2460-00035-01, Activity No. PER20260001 (initial permit 2460-00035-00, Activity PER20240001)

Record type: Proposed synthetic minor source air operating permit (initial permit was "Minor Source/Small Source Initial")

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: The LDEQ public-comment page does not state the parish, MW, or the Meta relationship; parish comes from the LDEQ 3Q-2025 issued-permits spreadsheet entry ("Laidley Data Center, Richland"). Whether the 2026 permit has been issued was not confirmed.

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Generation and transmission resources to serve a "large hyperscale data center" for Evest LLC, adjacent to the facility currently being developed by Laidley, LLC

Richland Parish

Developer / operator: Entergy Louisiana, LLC (applicant); Evest LLC (customer)

Status: Docket status "Open"; Commission "voted to exercise its original and primary jurisdiction pursuant to Rule 57"; motion granted 4:1; Commission consideration scheduled for the December 16, 2026 Business and Executive Session

Permit / docket: LPSC Docket No. U-37882 / Order Number U-37882

Record type: Application for certification of generation and transmission resources and for other relief (filed under the LPSC "Lightning Directive")

Capacity / size: n.a. (MW not stated in the order)

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: The order does not state MW, acreage, or the Meta name; press reporting ties this to the Hyperion expansion and seven new gas plants, which I did not confirm from the docket text fetched.

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Interconnected AI/cloud data center campuses on both sides of the Red River (Amazon's first Louisiana campuses)

Caddo and Bossier Parishes / Shreveport

Developer / operator: STACK Infrastructure (developer and owner of the campuses); Amazon / AWS (customer)

Status: "Construction is expected to begin in the coming weeks" / "expected to begin imminently, with operations launching in phases over the next several years"

Permit / docket: n.a.

Record type: n.a.; company "expected to participate in the state's High Impact Jobs and Data Center Sales Tax Exemption programs"

Capacity / size: ~$12 billion investment; 540 direct jobs; up to 1,500 construction jobs; MW and acreage not stated

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: No permit or docket identifiers in either source. A later Amazon announcement raising the commitment to $18 billion with a third campus appeared in search results but was not fetched.

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Highway 3 Technology Park — Benton data center development (proposed future AWS campus)

Bossier Parish / near Benton

Developer / operator: STACK Infrastructure and project partners

Status: "With approval of the final plat, the project moves closer to construction, which could begin in the coming weeks"

Permit / docket: n.a.

Record type: Final plat approval (subdivision plat)

Capacity / size: More than 1,000 acres; MW not stated

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Could not reach a Bossier Parish Police Jury agenda/minutes record with a plat case number this session; article does not state the year explicitly.

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Delta Forge 1 — AI factory campus

Rapides Parish / Boyce

Developer / operator: Applied Digital Corporation

Status: "Site development on the data center campus began in January 2026, with initial operations expected to begin in mid-2027"

Permit / docket: n.a.; qualified for the Act 730 (2024 Regular Session) state and local sales/use tax exemption on data center equipment

Record type: Economic development / tax exemption qualification

Capacity / size: Two initial facilities totaling 300 MW of critical IT load across approximately 300 acres; $3.6 billion

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: No permit or docket number; power to be supplied by Cleco but no PSC docket identified in the release.

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River Bend AI data center campus

West Feliciana Parish / St. Francisville

Developer / operator: Hut 8 Corp.

Status: Hut 8 "announced an agreement with West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, to invest approximately $16 million"; improvements "expected" complete in the second half of 2026 and then transferred to the parish

Permit / docket: n.a.

Record type: Water infrastructure agreement with the parish (new water well, ~8 miles of water main, system enhancements)

Capacity / size: Phase 1 described as a multibillion-dollar capital investment; ~1,000 peak construction workers; MW and acreage not stated

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: First-party release; no parish ordinance/permit number, MW, or acreage stated. Reported 245 MW Phase I and 611-acre tract figures come from sources I did not fetch and are excluded.

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Civic and infrastructure context

What the evidence says around these projects

41 source-backed evidence rows are integrated on this page.

ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DEMOGRAPHIC

Meta "Hyperion"

Richland Parish (Holly Ridge)

Richland Parish has a 26.4% poverty rate and median household income of $53,544 with a population under 20,000; the host community of Holly Ridge has fewer than 2,000 residents. The siting of Louisiana's largest data center in a persistently poor rural parish has prompted "digital Cancer Alley" framing by Louisiana environmental journalists.

Key data: Richland Parish poverty 26.4%; median HH income $53,544; Holly Ridge pop <2,000

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Limitation: No EJ index percentile available; Louisiana has no published state EJ screening tool equivalent to PennEnviroScreen

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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DEMOGRAPHIC

Census baseline

Richland Parish

Census QuickFacts provides the official demographic and income baseline for the host parish.

Key data: Official parish demographic and poverty baseline

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: Parish-level only; no tract-level percentile

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ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE DEMOGRAPHIC

"Digital Cancer Alley" framing and community monitoring restriction

Statewide

Louisiana community groups have framed the data center build-out as an extension of Cancer Alley industrial siting patterns. Gulf States Newsroom is conducting community air, water and dust monitoring around the Meta site with LSU researchers Dr. Adrienne Katner and Dr. Dan Harrington — but a 2024 Louisiana law bars using community-collected monitoring data to allege permit violations, which structurally weakens community EJ evidence.

Key data: 2024 Louisiana law bars community monitoring data from being used to allege violations

CORROBORATED

Limitation: The statute is described in reporting; the bill/act number was not captured

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WATER WITHDRAWAL VOLUME

Meta "Hyperion"

Richland Parish

At full build-out around 2030 the campus is projected to use more than 23 million gallons of water per day — roughly 8.4 billion gallons per year, equivalent to a town of about 17,000 people, in a parish where the host community has fewer than 2,000 residents. The withdrawal is reported across roughly six wells drawing on a secondary aquifer.

Key data: >23 million gallons/day; ~8.4 billion gallons/year at full build-out (~2030)

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Projection, not metered use; corroborated by WWNO and an independent analyst but no state withdrawal permit was retrievable

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WATER WITHDRAWAL VOLUME

Highway 3 Technology Park

Bossier Parish (near Benton)

The Bossier Parish Police Jury approved the final plat on March 18, 2026 for a campus of more than 1,000 acres along LA Highway 3 with 1.3 million sq ft of buildings and projected water use of approximately 57 million gallons per year. Bossier City can supply up to 13.5 MGD, the developer funds the pipelines, and domestic wastewater goes to the Town of Benton. Roughly 500 construction and 270 permanent jobs are projected.

Key data: ~57 million gallons/year projected; Bossier City supply capacity 13.5 MGD

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Projection presented at a public hearing; no withdrawal permit document located

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WATER WITHDRAWAL VOLUME

Hut 8 "River Bend"

West Feliciana Parish (St. Francisville)

Hut 8 committed approximately $16 million on May 19, 2026 to build a new well and about eight miles of water main, to be transferred to West Feliciana Parish at no cost to taxpayers, potentially serving more than 4,000 households and 200 businesses. The facility uses closed-loop recirculating cooling requiring an initial charge equivalent to three to four Olympic pools — reported as approximately 2.3 million gallons. Hut 8's own release does not state a gallons-per-day capacity.

Key data: $16M water infrastructure commitment; ~8 miles of main; initial closed-loop fill ≈2.3 million gallons

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: Ongoing operational water volume and added gpd capacity are not disclosed in any fetched source; an independent estimate suggests 951,000–3.4 MGD *if* evaporative cooling were used, which contradicts the stated closed-loop design

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WATER WITHDRAWAL VOLUME

Applied Digital "Delta Forge 1"

Rapides Parish (Boyce)

Applied Digital estimated 866,000 gallons per building for the initial closed-loop fill (just over 1.7 million gallons for two buildings), with committed routine use of 1,200–4,800 gallons per day and a 50 gallons-per-minute withdrawal limit, at 430 MW total power and 300 MW critical IT load across 672.52 allotted acres.

Key data: 866,000 gal/building initial fill; 1,200–4,800 gal/day routine; 50 gpm limit

DISCOVERY LEAD

Limitation: Aggregator compiling LDEQ records; primary LDEQ permit document not retrieved

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WATER WITHDRAWAL VOLUME

Amazon / STACK

Caddo / Bossier Parishes

Amazon committed up to $400 million to regional water infrastructure across the Caddo-Bossier campuses. Separately, House Resolution 20 by Rep. Danny McCormick — which passed the House Natural Resources Committee unanimously — encourages the Department of Conservation and Energy to investigate the effects of the Amazon data center's water consumption on Caddo Lake, from which Amazon intends to draw cooling water.

Key data: Up to $400M regional water infrastructure; HR 20 study of Caddo Lake withdrawal impacts

CORROBORATED

Limitation: No withdrawal volume figure disclosed for the Amazon campuses

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WATER WITHDRAWAL VOLUME

Water regulatory gap

Statewide

Monique Edwards, head of the water administration division at the Department of Conservation and Energy, stated the department lacks power to halt water usage, that "currently, there are no regulations governing surface water withdrawals," that the agency needs more authority over groundwater withdrawals, and that the state cannot prevent extraction of surface water. The agency was assigned in 2025 to develop a statewide water management strategy.

Key data: No state regulations govern surface water withdrawals; agency cannot halt withdrawals

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Attributed agency testimony rather than a published rule

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WATER WITHDRAWAL VOLUME

HB 1206 (2026 Regular Session)

Statewide

HB 1206 by Rep. Walters would enact R.S. 30:1601–1603 and 30:2591–2592, requiring a state permit for any data center whose proposed consumptive use exceeds 100 million gallons per year, defining "data center" as a facility designed for 100 MW or more of load, and requiring applicants to submit a project description, maximum-day/maximum-month/average-year use rates, anticipated sources and quality/temperature requirements, plus public notice and hearing. The department must weigh public health impacts, conservation and recycling technologies, and impacts on aquatic life and wildlife.

Key data: Permit trigger: >100,000,000 gallons/year consumptive use; "data center" = ≥100 MW design load

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: The fetched page identifies the measure as ORIGINAL and does not state committee, floor or enactment status

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WATER WITHDRAWAL VOLUME

HCR 61 (2025) water task force

Statewide

HCR 61 established a task force addressing water resources, the precursor to the 2026 permitting bill.

Key data: Task force created by HCR 61 (2025)

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: Task force findings not retrieved

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WATER WITHDRAWAL VOLUME

Aquifer withdrawal baseline

Northern Louisiana (Sparta aquifer parishes)

USGS publishes public-supply and industrial water withdrawals from the Sparta aquifer by parish for 2023, the baseline dataset against which new data center groundwater demand in north Louisiana would be assessed.

Key data: USGS Sparta aquifer withdrawal dataset by parish, 2023

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: Dataset landing page only; per-parish values were not extracted this session

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UTILITY INTERCONNECTION QUEUE

MISO interconnection queue

Richland Parish

Six generation projects totaling 5,170 MW have been requested in Richland Parish, three of them active gas projects at 1,640 MW each: Franklin Farms (queue ID E0014, requested 2025-08-06, interconnecting at a new Smalling 230 kV substation), Richland Parish generators E0043 and E0044. Three solar projects (J919A 100 MW, J1133 100 MW, J660 50 MW) were withdrawn.

Key data: 3 active gas projects × 1,640 MW (E0014, E0043, E0044); 5,170 MW total requested

DISCOVERY LEAD

Limitation: Third-party aggregator of MISO queue data; MISO's own queue pages were not directly retrieved

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UTILITY INTERCONNECTION QUEUE

MISO expedited queue and new-load announcements

Richland Parish

MISO's first expedited queue class, announced in September 2025, selected 10 generation proposals totaling 5.3 GW. MISO's own new-load announcement compilation lists Meta's Richland Parish load at 2,600 MW.

Key data: MISO first expedited class: 10 projects / 5.3 GW; Meta Richland Parish listed at 2,600 MW

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: The MISO PDF is dated December 2024, so the 2,600 MW figure predates later Meta expansion reporting

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UTILITY INTERCONNECTION QUEUE

LPSC Docket U-37882 (Project Evest / Evest LLC / Meta Phase 2)

Statewide (Entergy Louisiana)

Docket U-37882 opened March 26, 2026 and remains open. Entergy seeks seven gas combined-cycle plants totaling more than 5,200 MW (on top of 2,262 MW approved in August 2025), plus storage, nuclear uprates, up to 2,500 MW of Meta-funded renewables and roughly 240 miles of 500 kV transmission — approximately $16 billion. A procedural order issued May 14, 2026 set a December 16, 2026 Business & Executive Session; Meta's motion for immediate review was on the August 12 agenda.

Key data: >5,200 MW of new gas CC sought; ~240 miles of 500 kV; ~$16 billion; B&E Session 2026-12-16

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: Primary docket index confirms opening date and status; the resource detail comes from secondary trackers

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UTILITY INTERCONNECTION QUEUE

Utility assignment across LA data center load

Statewide

Entergy Louisiana, AEP SWEPCO and Cleco Power are the three utilities absorbing the bulk of new AI compute load, each under different LPSC tariff structures for cost recovery. Cleco serves Applied Digital's Rapides Parish campus; SWEPCO serves the Amazon Caddo-Bossier campuses; Entergy serves Meta.

Key data: Three utilities (Entergy LA, SWEPCO, Cleco) under separate LPSC tariff structures

DISCOVERY LEAD

Limitation: Third-party tracker; DISCOVERY_LEAD for the tariff-structure characterization

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COMMUNITY OPPOSITION OR LITIGATION

Laidley LLC air permit (LDEQ 2460-00035-01) — Sierra Club challenge

Richland Parish

LDEQ approved a minor-source air permit for Laidley LLC in July 2025 covering 31 emergency diesel generators, then approved a January 14 amendment adding 44 natural gas water boilers operating 24/7 on June 6, 2026. The permit lists 96.83 tpy NOx and 98.94 tpy CO — just under the 100 tpy major-source threshold. The Sierra Club argues that excluding diesel-generator emergency hours and Entergy's ten turbines understates emissions and that the facility should be permitted as a major source. Laidley is a real estate entity holding a 20% share.

Key data: Permit at 96.83 tpy NOx / 98.94 tpy CO vs 100 tpy major threshold; 44 boilers added; 31 emergency diesel generators

CORROBORATED

Limitation: No litigation filed as of the fetched reporting; this is an advocacy challenge to permit scope

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COMMUNITY OPPOSITION OR LITIGATION

LPSC U-37425 — Earthjustice / Alliance for Affordable Energy motion

Statewide (Entergy Louisiana)

The Alliance for Affordable Energy and Union of Concerned Scientists, with Earthjustice, filed a motion on January 14, 2026 asking the LPSC to investigate the Meta financing arrangement, warning it could leave households paying for the tech company's electricity.

Key data: Motion for investigation filed 2026-01-14 in docket U-37425

DISCOVERY LEAD

Limitation: Primary filing; LPSC ruling on the motion not located

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COMMUNITY OPPOSITION OR LITIGATION

Highway 3 Technology Park

Bossier Parish (near Benton)

The Police Jury advanced the plat "following public input," indicating a contested public process, but no organized opposition group or litigation was identified.

Key data: Plat advanced following public input; no organized opposition identified

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Weak evidence of opposition; comment content not reported

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COMMUNITY OPPOSITION OR LITIGATION

Applied Digital "Delta Forge 1"

Rapides Parish (Boyce)

No organized opposition group was identified, but the project drew dust complaints and an LDEQ citation on May 27 for failure to control particulate emissions. Local habitat advocates have circulated concerns about the conversion of about 300 acres of farmland.

Key data: LDEQ citation 2026-05-27 for failure to control particulate emissions; dust complaints

DISCOVERY LEAD

Limitation: Citation reported via aggregator citing KALB; LDEQ enforcement document not retrieved

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COMMUNITY OPPOSITION OR LITIGATION

Hut 8 "River Bend"

West Feliciana Parish

The parish council approved the project unanimously, and the parish's land development code including zoning and planning portions remained unresolved as of a January 12 council meeting — the parish was still operating under an older framework when the data center advanced. No organized opposition or litigation was found.

Key data: Unanimous parish council approval; land development code unresolved as of 2026-01-12

CORROBORATED

Limitation: NOT_FOUND for opposition/litigation specifically; sources affirmatively state none

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RATEPAYER OR GRID IMPACT

Meta financing and ratepayer exposure

Statewide (Entergy Louisiana)

Advocates warn the Entergy-Meta arrangement could leave households paying for the tech giant's electricity; the Meta-driven build-out is estimated at roughly 26 million tonnes of CO2 per year and approximately $16 billion of new generation and transmission.

Key data: Estimated ~26 Mt CO2/yr; ~$16B in new resources sought

DISCOVERY LEAD

Limitation: Advocacy analysis; CO2 estimate is the organization's own calculation

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RATEPAYER OR GRID IMPACT

Earthjustice petition for investigation

Statewide

Earthjustice publicly asked Louisiana regulators to investigate what it called a "shady" Meta financing deal that could leave households paying for the tech giant's electricity.

Key data: Regulatory investigation requested into Meta financing structure

DISCOVERY LEAD

Limitation: Advocacy characterization

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RATEPAYER OR GRID IMPACT

Amazon / SWEPCO cost allocation

Caddo / Bossier Parishes

Amazon and SWEPCO have stated that Amazon pays 100% of the infrastructure cost with no ratepayer impact, in connection with an investment raised from $12 billion to $18 billion including a third campus at Resilient Technology Park.

Key data: Amazon to pay 100% of infrastructure cost; investment raised $12B → $18B

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Company claim, not an LPSC finding; no docket verifying full cost assignment was located

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RATEPAYER OR GRID IMPACT

Cleco Power rate proceedings

Rapides Parish

Cleco Power has active LPSC rate filings, including an application for rate changes effective July 1, 2027 with a new 2027 Formula Rate Plan, and its Large Power Compression and Pumping rate schedule was revised effective May 1, 2026 under authority U-36923. Cleco's Phase I comprehensive application is docketed as U-37479 (opened January 16, 2025, status Open).

Key data: Cleco rate schedule LPCP revised effective 2026-05-01 (authority U-36923); docket U-37479 open

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Limitation: No data-center-specific Cleco tariff or Applied Digital-specific docket was identified; DISCOVERY_LEAD for the linkage

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AGRICULTURAL OR LAND USE CONVERSION

Applied Digital "Delta Forge 1"

Rapides Parish (Boyce)

The campus occupies roughly 300 of 672.52 allotted acres for the initial two-building plan. Habitat advocates characterize the site as 300 acres of farmland.

Key data: ~300 acres developed of 672.52 allotted

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: The farmland characterization comes from an advocacy social post, not a land-use record; treat as DISCOVERY_LEAD

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AGRICULTURAL OR LAND USE CONVERSION

Highway 3 Technology Park

Bossier Parish

More than 1,000 acres along LA Highway 3 were platted for 1.3 million sq ft of data center buildings.

Key data: >1,000 acres platted; 1.3M sq ft

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Prior land use not characterized in the source

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AGRICULTURAL OR LAND USE CONVERSION

Hut 8 "River Bend"

West Feliciana Parish (St. Francisville)

The project covers 611 acres off LA-964 near Highway 61, enabled by a December 2024 zoning change; a zoning change was reported as the mechanism that cleared the way for the build.

Key data: 611 acres; December 2024 zoning change

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Limitation: Aggregator record; parish ordinance not fetched

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AGRICULTURAL OR LAND USE CONVERSION

Amazon / STACK

Caddo / Bossier Parishes

The Amazon-STACK footprint spans roughly 1,400 acres across Caddo and Bossier parishes, with the Bossier technology park's final plat cleared in March 2026.

Key data: ~1,400 acres

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Prior land use not characterized

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DECOMMISSIONING PROVISION

NOT_FOUND — DECOMMISSIONING_PROVISION

Statewide

Searched for decommissioning, financial-assurance or site-restoration requirements in the Bossier Parish Unified Development Code (Ordinance 4705 of 2018, National Cyber Research Park Overlay District), the West Feliciana zoning change, the Richland Parish approvals, the Rapides/Boyce approvals, LDEQ permits and HB 1206. None was found. Bossier's Research Park regulations set setbacks (150 ft front / 50 ft other yards), a 5-acre minimum lot, 300-ft lot width, 70-ft height cap and 30%/50% coverage caps, but contain no decommissioning language. St. Charles Parish's new data center ordinance — Louisiana's most detailed located this session — also omits decommissioning requirements.

Key data: No decommissioning or financial-assurance requirement found in any Louisiana ordinance or permit reviewed

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Limitation: Confirmed absence in the fetched ordinance text; not every parish code was reviewed

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FISCAL IMPACT LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Applied Digital "Delta Forge 1"

Rapides Parish (Boyce)

The $3.6 billion, 300 MW critical-load campus qualifies for the Act 730 (2024) state and local sales and use tax exemption for data centers, and projects 200 full-time jobs at 150% of the state average wage, 1,000 construction jobs and 218 indirect jobs. Site work began January 2026 with operations targeted for mid-2027.

Key data: $3.6B investment; Act 730 state+local sales/use tax exemption; 200 FTE at 150% of state average wage

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Limitation: Economic-development announcement; foregone tax value not quantified

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FISCAL IMPACT LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Act 730 (2024) and ITEP

Statewide

Act 730 of 2024 provides the statutory state and local sales/use tax exemption for qualifying data centers. Separately, Louisiana's Industrial Tax Exemption Program provides up to an 80% local ad valorem exemption for up to 10 years.

Key data: Act 730 sales/use exemption; ITEP up to 80% local ad valorem for up to 10 years

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Limitation: The ITEP percentage/term comes from a third-party guide, not the primary program rule

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FISCAL IMPACT LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Amazon / STACK community contributions

Caddo / Bossier Parishes

STACK contributed $100,000 and Amazon $250,000 to northwest Louisiana communities, alongside a $12 billion (later $18 billion) investment projecting 540 direct and 1,710 indirect jobs, announced February 23, 2026.

Key data: STACK $100,000 + Amazon $250,000 community contributions; 540 direct jobs

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Limitation: Community contributions are small relative to the exemption value, which was not quantified in any fetched source

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FISCAL IMPACT LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Hut 8 "River Bend"

West Feliciana Parish

Hut 8's $16 million water infrastructure build transfers to the parish at no cost to taxpayers. The project is reported at up to $10 billion for phase one, with a reported 15-year, $7 billion lease involving Anthropic and Fluidstack, and Hut 8 is expected to receive tax rebates on qualifying data center equipment purchases and leases per Louisiana Economic Development.

Key data: $16M infrastructure transferred to parish; up to $10B phase one; tax rebates on qualifying equipment

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Limitation: Lease value and term come from an aggregator; rebate dollar value not disclosed

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FISCAL IMPACT LOCAL GOVERNMENT

Highway 3 Technology Park

Bossier Parish

The project projects roughly 500 construction and 270 permanent jobs, with the developer funding water pipelines and domestic wastewater routed to the Town of Benton.

Key data: ~500 construction / ~270 permanent jobs; developer-funded pipelines

CORROBORATED

Limitation: No abatement or ITEP application value located

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NOISE OR TRAFFIC IMPACT

First parish data center regulations

St. Charles Parish (statewide comparator)

St. Charles Parish's council unanimously adopted Louisiana's first parish-level data center zoning regulations: a 55 dB limit measured at property lines adjacent to residential and other noise-sensitive areas, backup-generator testing restricted to weekdays 7:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m., a 300-foot setback from residential districts, schools, day cares, nursing homes, assisted living facilities and parks, and a 25-foot landscape buffer adjacent to those uses. Data centers using on-site power generation in normal operation are limited to M-2 heavy industrial districts. Additional noise measures — independent pre- and post-construction engineering studies, low-frequency analysis, and authority to withhold operating approval until compliance is proven — were discussed for possible later adoption.

Key data: 55 dB at property line; generator testing weekdays 7am–6pm; 300-ft setback; 25-ft buffer

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Not an anchor-project parish; included as the clearest Louisiana local noise standard located. Exact adoption date not stated; no decommissioning or water reporting requirement in the ordinance

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NOISE OR TRAFFIC IMPACT

Unified Development Code noise standard

Bossier Parish

Bossier's Research Park regulations set no numeric decibel limit, instead requiring compliance with UDC Article 15.5.1, which prohibits noise at any lot boundary "in excess of the average intensity of street and traffic noise at that boundary," plus no humanly perceptible heat or vibration beyond the lot boundary. Bossier's code separately requires a 72-hour continuous background sound-level noise survey at the most impacted regulated receiver for planning and permitting.

Key data: No numeric dB cap; standard = ambient street/traffic noise at the boundary; 72-hour background noise survey required

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Limitation: A relative, ambient-referenced standard is materially weaker than a fixed dB cap for a continuously operating facility

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NOISE OR TRAFFIC IMPACT

NOT_FOUND — NOISE_OR_TRAFFIC_IMPACT for anchor projects

Richland Parish / West Feliciana / Rapides

Searched for noise studies, decibel conditions, traffic impact studies or road-improvement conditions attached to Meta Hyperion, Hut 8 River Bend and Applied Digital Delta Forge 1. None was found. The only noise-adjacent finding is the community air/water/dust monitoring around the Meta site, and the only traffic-adjacent finding is developer-funded pipeline and road work in Bossier. West Feliciana's land development code was still unresolved when the Hut 8 project was approved.

Key data: No project-level noise or traffic condition identified for 3 of 7 Louisiana anchor projects

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Absence is partly explained by the absence of applicable local standards at the time of approval

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CUMULATIVE REGIONAL IMPACT

Cumulative gas build-out for data center load

Richland Parish and statewide

The cumulative picture in Richland Parish alone is 5,170 MW of requested generation across six queue positions, layered on Entergy's statewide request for more than 5,200 MW of new gas combined cycle (plus 2,262 MW already approved in August 2025), roughly 240 miles of new 500 kV transmission, and an estimated 26 million tonnes of CO2 per year — all in a parish with fewer than 20,000 residents and a 26.4% poverty rate. Emissions from Meta's own Laidley permit sit just below the 100 tpy major-source threshold while Entergy's ten turbines are permitted separately, a permit-splitting pattern that parallels the Richmond County, NC structure.

Key data: 5,170 MW requested in Richland Parish; >5,200 MW new gas CC statewide; ~26 Mt CO2/yr estimated; Laidley at 96.83 tpy NOx vs 100 tpy threshold

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Cumulative synthesis assembled from multiple fetched sources; no agency cumulative-impact assessment exists in the record reviewed

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CUMULATIVE REGIONAL IMPACT

"Digital Cancer Alley" cumulative framing

Statewide

Louisiana reporting frames the statewide data center build-out as risking a "digital Cancer Alley," extending the state's existing pattern of concentrating industrial emissions in low-income communities.

Key data: Statewide cumulative-impact framing by Louisiana environmental press

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Analytical framing, not a quantified cumulative assessment

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WATER WITHDRAWAL VOLUME

NOT_FOUND — project-level LDEQ water withdrawal permits

Statewide

Attempted to retrieve project-level water-withdrawal permits or reported withdrawal volumes for Laidley LLC (Meta), Evest LLC, Amazon/STACK, Highway 3 Technology Park and Hut 8 through LDEQ's permit-status portal. Louisiana has no surface-water withdrawal permitting regime at all, so no such permit records exist to retrieve; the LDEQ portal returns air/water-discharge permits only, and searching by these project names produced no withdrawal authorizations. Volumes in the rows above therefore come from company statements, parish utility statements and press reporting rather than from a withdrawal permit.

Key data: "Currently, there are no regulations governing surface water withdrawals" (Dept. of Conservation and Energy)

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: NOT_FOUND row: the absence is structural (no permitting program), not merely a failed search

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Project profile evidence

Operators, locations, power, water, capacity and other project facts

55 source-backed evidence rows are integrated on this page.

EXACT LOCATION

Meta "Hyperion"

Richland Parish (Holly Ridge / Rayville)

The campus is in Holly Ridge, Richland Parish, on the former Franklin Farms megasite near the LA-183 and Wade Road area outside Rayville, at approximately 32.477149, -91.632333; the initial site is ~2,250 acres, expanded by ~1,400 acres.

Key data: LA-183 & Wade Rd area, Rayville/Holly Ridge, LA 71269; ~32.4771 N, -91.6323 W; 2,250 acres + ~1,400 acres

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Coordinates and address are aggregated/secondary; no parcel IDs verified.

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OWNERSHIP CHAIN

Meta "Hyperion"

Richland Parish

Meta acquired the state-linked Franklin Farms megasite (initially leased, then purchased) and added ~1,400 acres from George B. Franklin & Sons; the land/permit vehicle is Laidley LLC (a Delaware Meta subsidiary, "Project Sucre"), and the campus is held through a joint venture, Beignet Investors, with Blue Owl Capital holding 80% and Meta 20%.

Key data: Franklin Farms megasite; +~1,400 ac from George B. Franklin & Sons; Laidley LLC (Meta subsidiary); Beignet Investors JV — Blue Owl 80% / Meta 20%

CORROBORATED

Limitation: JV percentages and financing structure are press-reported; no deed or SEC filing fetched.

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OPERATOR

Meta "Hyperion"

Richland Parish

Meta Platforms operates the campus, which it publicly describes as its Richland Parish data center investment; the site is branded Hyperion and targeted at 2+ GW of AI compute.

Key data: Meta Platforms, Inc.

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: n.a.

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POWER SUPPLIER

Meta "Hyperion"

Richland Parish

Entergy Louisiana serves the campus: LPSC Docket U-37425 approved three combined-cycle units totaling ~2,262 MW for the Richland Parish load, with later filings expanding to seven plants exceeding 5,200 MW and new 500 kV transmission.

Key data: Entergy Louisiana; LPSC Docket U-37425 (3 CCGTs, ~2,262 MW)

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Docket details come from a tracker site, not a fetched LPSC filing.

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WATER SUPPLIER

Meta "Hyperion"

Richland Parish

Meta's water comes from the Mississippi River Alluvial Aquifer via groundwater registration for up to ~23 MGD (8.4 billion gallons/year), with the company saying expected use is far lower (~500–600 million gallons/year); Meta is funding a new wastewater treatment facility in partnership with the town of Delhi.

Key data: Mississippi River Alluvial Aquifer; registered up to 23 MGD / 8.4B gal-yr; expected 500–600M gal/yr; wastewater partnership with Delhi

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Louisiana has no state water-withdrawal permitting program (confirmed in a prior pass), so figures rest on registrations and company statements rather than a permit.

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JURISDICTION STACK

Meta "Hyperion"

Richland Parish

The Richland Parish Police Jury is the local governing authority (with parish planning/permits); LDEQ issues air/water permits; the LPSC approves Entergy generation and transmission; Louisiana Economic Development administers state incentives.

Key data: Richland Parish Police Jury; LDEQ; LPSC; Louisiana Economic Development

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Parish has limited zoning; no municipal jurisdiction (site is unincorporated).

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PLANNING ZONING CONTACT

Meta "Hyperion"

Richland Parish

NOT_FOUND for a named planner. The Richland Parish Police Jury is the responsible body with published office contact, but the parish website timed out on fetch and no planning/zoning staff member was identified.

Key data: Richland Parish Police Jury, 35 Lynn Gayle Robertson Rd, Rayville, LA — (318) 728-2061

CORROBORATED

Limitation: richlandparish.org and /departments timed out on fetch.

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ECON DEV CONTACT

Meta "Hyperion"

Richland Parish

Regional economic development runs through GrowNELA (Northeast Louisiana Economic Alliance) with its president/CEO named, alongside Louisiana Economic Development at state level.

Key data: Rob Cleveland, President & CEO, GrowNELA, 100 CenturyLink Dr., Monroe, LA; LED Secretary Susan Bourgeois

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: GrowNELA contact pages timed out or returned no extractable email/phone.

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GENERAL CONTACT

Meta "Hyperion"

Richland Parish

Meta's regional community development manager is the named public-facing contact for the Richland Parish project and appears in Meta's community posts and local coverage.

Key data: Henry Thornton, Meta Regional Community Development Manager

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: No phone/email published; LDEQ contact page returned an HTTP error.

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SURROUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE

Meta "Hyperion"

Richland Parish

The campus is served by new Entergy combined-cycle plants nearby plus ~240 miles of new 500 kV transmission; supporting works include a new wastewater plant with Delhi, aquifer well infrastructure, and road/utility upgrades on the former megasite.

Key data: ~240 mi new 500 kV; adjacent new CCGTs; new wastewater plant (Delhi)

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Tracker-sourced transmission mileage; specific line routes not confirmed from LPSC filings.

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EXACT LOCATION / OWNERSHIP CHAIN

Laidley LLC (LDEQ 2460-00035-01)

Richland Parish

Laidley LLC is the LDEQ permit applicant entity for the Meta campus in Richland Parish — a Delaware-registered Meta subsidiary used for the "Project Sucre" land assembly, holding the same Holly Ridge site as Hyperion.

Key data: Laidley LLC = Meta subsidiary (Delaware); same Holly Ridge / Franklin Farms site

CORROBORATED

Limitation: LDEQ permit document itself was not fetched (LDEQ portal returned no content); permit number carried from the prior pass.

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OPERATOR / POWER SUPPLIER / WATER SUPPLIER

Laidley LLC

Richland Parish

Laidley LLC's operating profile is Meta's: Entergy Louisiana supplies power under LPSC-approved generation, and water comes from the alluvial aquifer as described for Hyperion. Sierra Club has challenged whether the LDEQ air permit accounts for all associated emissions.

Key data: Operator Meta; Entergy Louisiana power; alluvial aquifer water

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Air permit scope is contested; backup generator counts not captured this session.

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JURISDICTION STACK / CONTACTS

Laidley LLC

Richland Parish

Same stack as Hyperion (Richland Parish Police Jury, LDEQ, LPSC, LED). NOT_FOUND: no Laidley-specific planning, economic development or company contact exists separate from Meta's.

Key data: See Hyperion rows; LDEQ is the permitting authority

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Limitation: LDEQ "check permit status" portal returned no content on fetch.

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EXACT LOCATION

Evest LLC (LPSC Docket U-37882, Entergy Louisiana)

Richland Parish / statewide

Evest LLC's load is the Meta Phase 2 / Hyperion expansion in Richland Parish adjacent to the Project Laidley site; associated generation is sited near Richland Parish (four units) and near the Big Cajun/Pointe Coupee area (three units).

Key data: Richland Parish (adjacent to Laidley site); generation near Richland Parish and Pointe Coupee

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Tracker-sourced; exact site boundaries not published.

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OWNERSHIP CHAIN / OPERATOR

Evest LLC (U-37882)

Richland Parish / statewide

Entergy's filings identify Evest LLC as a Meta Platforms subsidiary — the customer entity behind the second-phase electric service agreement.

Key data: Evest LLC = Meta Platforms subsidiary

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Delaware/Louisiana registration details not retrieved; one source also references docket U-38035.

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POWER SUPPLIER

Evest LLC (U-37882)

Richland Parish / statewide

Entergy Louisiana signed a 20-year electric service agreement (Sept. 2028–Aug. 2048) supported by seven combined-cycle plants exceeding 5,200 MW, ~240 miles of new 500 kV transmission including a $1.4B West Fork Creek–St. Landry line and switching station, three battery sites, and uprates at River Bend and Waterford; the LPSC approved a fast-track "Lightning Amendment" 4-1 in April 2026.

Key data: Entergy Louisiana; 20-yr ESA 2028–2048; >5,200 MW / 7 CCGTs; $1.4B 500 kV line; LPSC 4-1 approval

CORROBORATED

Limitation: All figures from docket-tracker sites; LPSC filings not fetched directly.

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WATER SUPPLIER

Evest LLC (U-37882)

Richland Parish / statewide

NOT_FOUND separately. Water for the Evest/Phase 2 load is not addressed in the LPSC docket material fetched; Meta's aquifer-based supply (see Hyperion) is the only documented source, and Louisiana has no state withdrawal-permit program to check.

Key data: n.a.

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Limitation: Confirmed absence of a state water-withdrawal permitting program limits verification.

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JURISDICTION STACK / CONTACTS

Evest LLC (U-37882)

Richland Parish / statewide

The Louisiana Public Service Commission is the controlling authority for the ESA and generation certificates, with Entergy Louisiana as applicant; NOT_FOUND for any Evest-specific planning, economic-development or company contact — inquiries route to Meta and Entergy.

Key data: LPSC (Docket U-37882); Entergy Louisiana

DISCOVERY LEAD

Limitation: Opinion-site source used only for the Evest/Meta linkage context.

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EXACT LOCATION

Amazon / STACK Infrastructure (~$12B)

Caddo & Bossier Parishes (Shreveport)

Three northwest Louisiana sites are documented: the Resilient Technology Park at 7340 Greenwood Road in west Shreveport (~250–313 acres, seven buildings, ~3M sq ft); a Caddo Parish site near Blanchard Latex Road and State Line Road; and a Bossier Parish site on the west side of Highway 3 about five miles north of Benton.

Key data: 7340 Greenwood Rd, Shreveport (Resilient Technology Park, ~250–313 ac); Blanchard Latex Rd & State Line Rd (Caddo); Hwy 3 north of Benton (Bossier)

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Investment totals reported variously as $12B and $18B across phases; parcel IDs not published.

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OWNERSHIP CHAIN

Amazon / STACK Infrastructure

Caddo & Bossier Parishes

STACK Infrastructure is the developer announcing the Louisiana campuses, with Amazon as the announced end user; STACK's press release confirms the developments supporting Louisiana economic growth.

Key data: STACK Infrastructure (developer); Amazon (end user)

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: Land-holding LLCs and purchase prices not disclosed in fetched sources.

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OPERATOR

Amazon / STACK Infrastructure

Caddo & Bossier Parishes

Amazon (AWS) is identified as the operator/tenant of the STACK-developed northwest Louisiana campuses.

Key data: Amazon Web Services

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Lease structure not published.

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POWER SUPPLIER

Amazon / STACK Infrastructure

Caddo & Bossier Parishes

SWEPCO (AEP) is the electric supplier, with about 1,200 MW associated with the projects and Amazon reported to fund 100% of the required grid infrastructure.

Key data: SWEPCO (AEP); ~1,200 MW; customer-funded infrastructure

DISCOVERY LEAD

Limitation: Tracker-sourced; no LPSC docket number for the SWEPCO large-load agreement located.

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WATER SUPPLIER

Amazon / STACK Infrastructure

Caddo & Bossier Parishes

Public water and sewer service for the Shreveport site involves up to ~$400 million of public water/sewer investment discussed in the city approval process; the City of Shreveport is the utility provider for the Greenwood Road site.

Key data: City of Shreveport water/sewer; up to ~$400M public water/sewer investment discussed

CORROBORATED

Limitation: No service agreement number; volumes not published. Louisiana has no state withdrawal permit to cross-check.

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JURISDICTION STACK

Amazon / STACK Infrastructure

Caddo & Bossier Parishes

The Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission denied a special use permit, which the Shreveport City Council overrode in approving the project; Caddo Parish and Bossier Parish govern the unincorporated sites; LDEQ permits emissions and the LPSC oversees SWEPCO service.

Key data: Shreveport MPC (denied SUP) → Shreveport City Council (approved); Caddo Parish; Bossier Parish; LDEQ; LPSC

CORROBORATED

Limitation: n.a.

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PLANNING ZONING CONTACT

Amazon / STACK Infrastructure

Caddo Parish / Shreveport

NOT_FOUND for a named planner. Coverage documents that the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission (the joint city-parish planning body) handled and denied the special use permit, but no staff director, case manager, phone or email was published in the fetched sources.

Key data: Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission (body only)

DISCOVERY LEAD

Limitation: MPC staff directory pages were not retrievable in fetched attempts.

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ECON DEV CONTACT

Amazon / STACK Infrastructure

Caddo & Bossier Parishes

The North Louisiana Economic Partnership is the regional economic development organization, with its president and CEO named in coverage of the projects.

Key data: Justyn Dixon, President & CEO, North Louisiana Economic Partnership

CORROBORATED

Limitation: No direct phone/email published.

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GENERAL CONTACT

Amazon / STACK Infrastructure

Caddo & Bossier Parishes

STACK publishes a press contact mailbox and its CEO is the public spokesperson; AWS held a community meeting at the Shreveport Convention Center on August 25.

Key data: press@stackinfra.com; STACK CEO Sammer Khalaf; AWS community meeting Aug. 25, Shreveport Convention Center

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: No AWS local community-relations email published.

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SURROUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE

Amazon / STACK Infrastructure

Caddo & Bossier Parishes

The Greenwood Road campus is a large industrial-zoned tract in west Shreveport requiring major public water/sewer extensions; the Bossier site sits along Highway 3 north of Benton and the Caddo site near Blanchard Latex/State Line Roads, all served by SWEPCO transmission.

Key data: Greenwood Rd (US 79/80 corridor), Hwy 3, Blanchard Latex Rd; SWEPCO transmission; major water/sewer extensions

DISCOVERY LEAD

Limitation: Substation names/voltages and fiber routes not documented.

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EXACT LOCATION

Highway 3 Technology Park

Bossier Parish (near Benton)

The park covers more than 1,000 acres along Louisiana Highway 3 near Benton, between LA 3 and Old Plain Dealing Road, and was rezoned to industrial by the parish.

Key data: >1,000 acres between LA Hwy 3 and Old Plain Dealing Rd, near Benton, Bossier Parish

CORROBORATED

Limitation: No parcel IDs or street address published.

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OWNERSHIP CHAIN / OPERATOR

Highway 3 Technology Park

Bossier Parish

The project advanced through the parish as a technology park with an engineering firm representing the applicant; no owner entity or data-center operator was named in the fetched sources.

Key data: Engineer of record: Mathias Haubert, Bohler Engineering; owner/operator undisclosed

CORROBORATED

Limitation: NOT_FOUND for landowner LLC and end user; the site is widely linked to the Amazon/STACK Bossier plan but not confirmed as the same project in fetched sources.

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POWER SUPPLIER

Highway 3 Technology Park

Bossier Parish

SWEPCO is identified as the serving utility for northwest Louisiana data-center loads including the Bossier Highway 3 corridor.

Key data: SWEPCO (AEP)

DISCOVERY LEAD

Limitation: Tracker-sourced; no interconnection or LPSC reference found.

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WATER SUPPLIER

Highway 3 Technology Park

Bossier Parish

Bossier City agreed to supply water under an agreement allowing 1.8 MGD scaling up to 13.5 MGD, with projected annual use around 57 million gallons discussed publicly.

Key data: Bossier City water: 1.8 → 13.5 MGD; ~57M gal/yr projected

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Agreement number not published; no state withdrawal permit exists to cross-check.

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JURISDICTION STACK

Highway 3 Technology Park

Bossier Parish

The Bossier Parish Police Jury handled rezoning and park approvals after public input; Bossier City Council approved the water agreement; the Town of Benton is the adjacent municipality; LDEQ handles environmental permits.

Key data: Bossier Parish Police Jury; Bossier City Council (water); Town of Benton; LDEQ

CORROBORATED

Limitation: n.a.

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PLANNING ZONING CONTACT

Highway 3 Technology Park

Bossier Parish

NOT_FOUND for a named parish planner. The Bossier Parish Police Jury acted as the zoning authority; the parish website and its online code library returned no extractable content on fetch, so no planning department contact was confirmed.

Key data: Bossier Parish Police Jury (body only)

DISCOVERY LEAD

Limitation: bossierparishla.gov and bossierparish-la.elaws.us returned no content.

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ECON DEV CONTACT / GENERAL CONTACT

Highway 3 Technology Park

Bossier Parish

The public officials identified are Bossier City's mayor (water agreement) and the applicant's engineer; the regional economic development body is the North Louisiana Economic Partnership. NOT_FOUND for a parish economic development officer contact.

Key data: Bossier City Mayor Tommy Chandler; engineer Mathias Haubert (Bohler); NLEP regionally

DISCOVERY LEAD

Limitation: Commentary-blog source; no phone/email for any contact.

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SURROUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE

Highway 3 Technology Park

Bossier Parish

The park fronts LA Highway 3 (a four-lane corridor north of Benton) with Old Plain Dealing Road on the other boundary, requires new Bossier City water transmission to serve up to 13.5 MGD, and sits in SWEPCO's service territory.

Key data: LA Hwy 3 corridor; new Bossier City water main capacity to 13.5 MGD

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Substation and fiber detail not published.

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EXACT LOCATION

Applied Digital "Delta Forge 1" (300 MW)

Rapides Parish (Boyce)

The campus occupies a 300-acre development area within a 672-acre parcel purchased in December 2025 for $26.9 million along Interstate 49 near Boyce, Rapides Parish, close to existing Cleco facilities.

Key data: 300-acre campus within 672-acre parcel, I-49 near Boyce, Rapides Parish; purchased Dec. 2025 for $26.9M

CORROBORATED

Limitation: No street address or parcel ID published.

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OWNERSHIP CHAIN / OPERATOR

Applied Digital "Delta Forge 1"

Rapides Parish

Applied Digital Corporation (NASDAQ: APLD) owns and will operate the Delta Forge 1 campus, developed in coordination with Cleco and the England Authority.

Key data: Applied Digital Corporation

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Applied Digital's own press release page returned no content on fetch; tenant not named.

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POWER SUPPLIER

Applied Digital "Delta Forge 1"

Rapides Parish

Cleco supplies the campus with roughly 430 MW of utility capacity supporting ~300 MW of IT load, and is building a 756 MW gas plant for the project; the ~370 MW Tenaska Frontier facility is also tied to the buildout.

Key data: Cleco (~430 MW utility / 300 MW IT); new 756 MW Cleco gas plant; Tenaska Frontier ~370 MW

CORROBORATED

Limitation: No LPSC docket number for the Cleco generation/ESA located in fetched sources.

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WATER SUPPLIER

Applied Digital "Delta Forge 1"

Rapides Parish

The facility is described as using closed-loop cooling; no water utility, well source or volume was published in fetched sources.

Key data: Closed-loop cooling; supplier NOT_FOUND

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Louisiana has no state water-withdrawal permitting program, so no permit record exists to verify supply.

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JURISDICTION STACK

Applied Digital "Delta Forge 1"

Rapides Parish

The site lies within the England Economic & Industrial Development District (England Authority), specifically England District Subdistrict No. 4, with Rapides Parish as the local government, Cleco as regulated utility under the LPSC, and LED providing state incentives.

Key data: England Authority / England District Subdistrict No. 4; Rapides Parish; LPSC; LED

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Parish zoning role limited; no municipal jurisdiction (outside Boyce town limits).

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PLANNING ZONING CONTACT

Applied Digital "Delta Forge 1"

Rapides Parish

NOT_FOUND for a named planner. Land-use control runs through the England Authority subdistrict and Rapides Parish; no parish planning staff member or England Authority planning contact was published in the fetched sources.

Key data: England Authority / Rapides Parish (bodies only)

DISCOVERY LEAD

Limitation: England Authority staff directory not retrieved.

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ECON DEV CONTACT

Applied Digital "Delta Forge 1"

Rapides Parish

Regional economic development is led by Louisiana Central (CLEDA) with its CEO named; Cleco's economic development arm and LED are also involved.

Key data: Chris Masingill, CEO, Louisiana Central (CLEDA); Cleco Economic Development; LED

CORROBORATED

Limitation: No direct phone/email published.

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GENERAL CONTACT

Applied Digital "Delta Forge 1"

Rapides Parish

NOT_FOUND for a project-specific contact. Applied Digital's investor-relations press release page returned no content on fetch, and no community-relations email or phone was published in the accessible coverage; Cleco's economic development site is the closest public channel.

Key data: n.a.

DISCOVERY LEAD

Limitation: IR page fetch returned no content.

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SURROUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE

Applied Digital "Delta Forge 1"

Rapides Parish

The campus sits directly on the I-49 corridor near Boyce adjacent to existing Cleco generation facilities, with a new 756 MW gas plant and substation infrastructure being built to serve it, inside an established industrial district.

Key data: I-49 frontage; adjacent Cleco generation; new 756 MW plant

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Transmission voltages, water lines and fiber routes not documented.

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EXACT LOCATION

Hut 8 "River Bend"

West Feliciana Parish (St. Francisville)

Hut 8 secured 592–627 acres off Louisiana Highway 964 near St. Francisville, adjacent to Entergy's River Bend nuclear station, with the nearest 230 kV interconnection about 0.2 miles away.

Key data: 592–627 acres off LA Hwy 964, St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish; 230 kV ~0.2 mi

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Acreage differs by source (592 vs. 627); no parcel IDs.

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OWNERSHIP CHAIN

Hut 8 "River Bend"

West Feliciana Parish

Hut 8 acquired the site in February and structured the deal so the land is donated to the parish Industrial Development Board, which leases it back to the company — a payment-in-lieu structure projected to yield roughly $90 million/year to the parish.

Key data: Hut 8 → West Feliciana Parish Industrial Development Board (donation + leaseback)

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Lease/PILOT instrument numbers not published.

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OPERATOR

Hut 8 "River Bend"

West Feliciana Parish

Hut 8 develops and operates the campus; Fluidstack (Google-supported, with an Anthropic lease reported) is the announced tenant for the AI capacity.

Key data: Hut 8 (operator); Fluidstack (tenant)

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Tenant/lease terms are press-reported; not confirmed in a primary filing fetched here.

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POWER SUPPLIER

Hut 8 "River Bend"

West Feliciana Parish

Entergy Louisiana will serve the campus with about 330 MW of utility capacity (245 MW IT), scalable toward 1,000 MW, and is building a dedicated substation and switchyard; Entergy announced the selection publicly.

Key data: Entergy Louisiana; 330 MW utility / 245 MW IT, scalable to ~1,000 MW; new substation + switchyard

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: LPSC docket number for the service agreement not identified in fetched sources.

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WATER SUPPLIER

Hut 8 "River Bend"

West Feliciana Parish

Hut 8 committed about $16 million toward parish water infrastructure upgrades; the regional supply is the Coastal Lowlands aquifer system, with no state withdrawal permit required in Louisiana.

Key data: ~$16M Hut 8 commitment to parish water upgrades; Coastal Lowlands aquifer

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Parish utility entity and volumes not specified; no permit record exists to verify.

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JURISDICTION STACK

Hut 8 "River Bend"

West Feliciana Parish

The West Feliciana Parish Planning & Zoning Commission approved the project 6-0, with the Parish Council and Industrial Development Board handling the land/PILOT structure; Entergy service is regulated by the LPSC and LDEQ permits emissions.

Key data: WF Parish P&Z Commission (6-0); Parish Council; Industrial Development Board; LPSC; LDEQ

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: n.a.

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PLANNING ZONING CONTACT

Hut 8 "River Bend"

West Feliciana Parish

The parish publishes its Development Services director with direct email and phone as the planning and zoning contact.

Key data: Gary Mego, Director of Development Services — gmego@wfparish.org, 225-784-3725

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: n.a.

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ECON DEV CONTACT

Hut 8 "River Bend"

West Feliciana Parish

Louisiana Economic Development handled the state-level package, with a named LED contact in project materials; the parish president is the local lead.

Key data: LED contact Emma Wagner, 912-467-2117; Parish President Kenny Havard

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Contact details aggregated by tracker from project materials; not verified on an LED page this session.

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GENERAL CONTACT

Hut 8 "River Bend"

West Feliciana Parish

Company and utility spokespeople are named in coverage of the announcement.

Key data: Gautier Lemyze-Young (Hut 8); Brandon Scardigli (Entergy)

VERIFIED PRIMARY

Limitation: No phone/email published for either spokesperson.

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SURROUNDING INFRASTRUCTURE

Hut 8 "River Bend"

West Feliciana Parish

The site adjoins the River Bend nuclear station with 230 kV transmission ~0.2 miles away, sits on LA Highway 964 near St. Francisville, and requires ~$16 million of parish water infrastructure upgrades plus a new Entergy substation and switchyard.

Key data: River Bend Nuclear Station adjacency; 230 kV ~0.2 mi; LA 964; new substation/switchyard

CORROBORATED

Limitation: Fiber routes and sewer capacity not documented.

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Louisiana project / topic roster

Research currently compiled for Louisiana

44 project/topic labels are retained here, including unresolved aliases that still require canonical reconciliation.

Project or topicEvidence state
"Digital Cancer Alley" cumulative framingSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
"Digital Cancer Alley" framing and community monitoring restrictionSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Act 730 (2024) and ITEPSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Amazon / STACKSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Amazon / STACK InfrastructureSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Amazon / STACK Infrastructure (~$12B)Source-backed / reconciliation-aware
Amazon / STACK community contributionsSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Amazon / SWEPCO cost allocationSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Applied Digital "Delta Forge 1"Source-backed / reconciliation-aware
Applied Digital "Delta Forge 1" (300 MW)Source-backed / reconciliation-aware
Aquifer withdrawal baselineSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Census baselineSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Cleco Power rate proceedingsSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Cumulative gas build-out for data center loadSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Delta Forge 1 — AI factory campusSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Earthjustice petition for investigationSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Evest LLC (LPSC Docket U-37882, Entergy Louisiana)Source-backed / reconciliation-aware
Evest LLC (U-37882)Source-backed / reconciliation-aware
First parish data center regulationsSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Generation and transmission resources to serve a "large hyperscale data center" for Evest LLC, adjacent to the facility currently being developed by Laidley, LLCSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
HB 1206 (2026 Regular Session)Source-backed / reconciliation-aware
HCR 61 (2025) water task forceSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Highway 3 Technology ParkSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Highway 3 Technology Park — Benton data center development (proposed future AWS campus)Source-backed / reconciliation-aware
Hut 8 "River Bend"Source-backed / reconciliation-aware
Interconnected AI/cloud data center campuses on both sides of the Red River (Amazon's first Louisiana campuses)Source-backed / reconciliation-aware
LPSC Docket U-37882 (Project Evest / Evest LLC / Meta Phase 2)Source-backed / reconciliation-aware
LPSC U-37425 — Earthjustice / Alliance for Affordable Energy motionSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Laidley LLCSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Laidley LLC (LDEQ 2460-00035-01)Source-backed / reconciliation-aware
Laidley LLC / Laidley Data Center (the permitted entity for the Meta Richland Parish campus)Source-backed / reconciliation-aware
Laidley LLC air permit (LDEQ 2460-00035-01) — Sierra Club challengeSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
MISO expedited queue and new-load announcementsSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
MISO interconnection queueSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Meta "Hyperion"Source-backed / reconciliation-aware
Meta financing and ratepayer exposureSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
NOT_FOUND — DECOMMISSIONING_PROVISIONSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
NOT_FOUND — NOISE_OR_TRAFFIC_IMPACT for anchor projectsSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
NOT_FOUND — project-level LDEQ water withdrawal permitsSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Richland Parish Data Center — site housing "Hyperion," Meta's AI-optimized data centerSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
River Bend AI data center campusSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Unified Development Code noise standardSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Utility assignment across LA data center loadSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Water regulatory gapSource-backed / reconciliation-aware
Research and local discovery

Find data center projects and the public records around them in Louisiana.

This state page combines mapped locations with permits, planning and zoning activity, infrastructure context, operators and civic records. The deeper corpus is supplemented by 7 accepted rows from the validated national refresh. Counts describe evidence records, not unique facilities.

Where a source does not establish a location, utility, water supplier or other fact, that gap remains explicit rather than being converted into an unsupported map point or claim.

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