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Louisiana Data Center Investment Tracker
Louisiana carries 7 named site commitments worth at least $102B in disclosed capital, set against 3 projects blocked, delayed or restricted, 1 of them in the courts, as of October 8, 2026.
Louisiana
LA
7 capital providers on record
Named sites
7
Site-level commitments the atlas records in Louisiana
Disclosed capital floor
$102B
Sum of sites with a stated dollar figure. Sites without one are listed, not counted
Disclosed capacity
6,675 MW
Sum of sites with a stated megawatt figure
Blocked, delayed or restricted
3
$12.0B of announced capital in those projects
Who is investing
Who is investing in data centers in Louisiana?
The largest disclosed commitments in Louisiana are Meta Platforms (Hyperion, Holly Ridge, Richland Parish, ≥$50.0B); IPI Partners / Blue Owl (Meta Hyperion campus (Blue Owl JV), ~$27.0B); Amazon (AWS) (AWS northwest Louisiana campuses (Caddo and Bossier parishes, incl. third campus at Resilient Technologies Park, Shreveport), $18.0B). Together the 7 named sites here carry a disclosed floor of $102B; sites with no dollar figure are listed but not counted.
Named sites
Named data center sites in Louisiana
Each row is one site-level commitment with its capital provider, the figure the source states, and the status the source gives it. Capital is shown as one compact figure; the verbatim wording is in the row's sources.
| Site | Capital provider | Place | Capital | MW | Status | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Hyperion, Holly Ridge, Richland Parish Announced December 2024; Blue Owl JV 21 October 2025; $50B+/5 GW scope reported July 2026 |
Meta Platforms with Blue Owl Capital, Entergy |
Holly Ridge, Richland Parish | ≥$50.0B | 5,000 | construction | |
Meta Hyperion campus (Blue Owl JV) JV entered October 21, 2025 |
IPI Partners / Blue Owl with Meta |
Richland Parish | ~$27.0B | n.a. | announced | |
AWS northwest Louisiana campuses (Caddo and Bossier parishes, incl. third campus at Resilient Technologies Park, Shreveport) Announced 18 August 2026 (prior $12 billion commitment announced 23 February 2026) |
Amazon (AWS) with Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) |
Shreveport, Caddo and Bossier parishes | $18.0B | n.a. | announced | |
Applied Digital Delta Forge 1 Leases signed 20-22 April 2026; state announcement 26 May 2026; PSC expedited review 16 September 2026 |
Applied Digital | Boyce, Rapides Parish | ≥$3.6B | 430 | announced | |
River Bend campus Construction progress reported 4 August 2026 |
Hut 8 with Fluidstack, Anthropic |
St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish | $3.2B | 245 | under construction | |
Project Barracuda energy park and co-located data center (La. 1) Named in the ONE Nuclear and Hennessy VII closing release 23 September 2026; location and acreage reported by NOLA 28 September 2026 |
ONE Nuclear Energy with Landowners under letters of intent |
Along La. 1 near the Ascension-Iberville parish line, Iberville Parish | n.a. | 1,000 | proposed | |
Project Cayman energy project and co-located data center campus Binding LOI announced 31 August 2026 (company release) |
One Nuclear Energy with Unnamed Louisiana landowner group |
Ascension Parish | n.a. | n.a. | announced |
Capital at risk
Blocked, delayed or restricted in Louisiana
Every project in Louisiana on the atlas's capital-at-risk record: the action taken, who took it, and the announced capital affected. Restarts and reversals are recorded with the same weight as blocks.
| Project | Developer | Jurisdiction | Action | Capital | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amazon/AWS Caddo Parish moratorium February 2, 2026 |
Amazon/AWS | Caddo Parish | Following Governor Jeff Landry's announcement of Amazon's $12 billion investment in three interconnected data center campuses across Caddo, Louisiana, and Bossier parishes, Commissioner Chris Kracman proposed a one-year |
$12.0B | |
Amazon west Shreveport data center special-use permit (appeal) under appeal Appeal argued 29 September 2026; no ruling yet |
Amazon | Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal / City of Shreveport | On Tuesday 29 September 2026 the Louisiana Second Circuit Court of Appeal heard opponents' challenge to the Shreveport City Council's unanimous approval of a special-use permit for an Amazon data center in west Shreveport, which the Metropolitan Planning Commission had initially denied. Opponents' attorney Clay Garside argued the council approved the permit without a detailed operational plan on noise, light and water impacts or a Louisiana DEQ water withdrawal permit; the city argued the application met requirements. The judges did not rule at the hearing. |
n.a. | |
Caddo Parish data center moratorium referral (Resolution 53) other Referral rejected 6-4 on 31 August 2026 |
Amazon Web Services (area projects) | Caddo Parish Commission | Caddo Parish commissioners voted 6-4, with two members absent, against Resolution 53, which would have asked the parish Planning and Zoning Commission to consider recommending a moratorium on data center construction in commercially and industrially zoned parts of unincorporated Caddo Parish. The measure was introduced by Commissioner John-Paul Young after public concern over data center development in the region. An earlier effort to enact a parishwide moratorium directly had stalled after the parish attorney said it required an ordinance. |
n.a. |
Financing
Financing transactions tied to Louisiana sites
Transactions the atlas ties to a named site in Louisiana: joint ventures, project bonds, credit facilities, leases and power agreements. Amounts are as stated; overlapping commitments are never summed.
| Parties | Instrument | Amount | Date | Site | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Meta + Blue Owl Capital Meta and funds managed by Blue Owl Capital entered a joint venture to develop and own the Hyperion data center campus, with the parties committing pro rata shares of approximately $27 billion in total development costs. Blue Owl made a cash contribution of approximately $7 billion, Meta received a one-time distribution of approximately $3 billion, leases have a four-year initial term with extension options, and Meta provided a residual value guarantee for the first 16 years of operations. |
jv equity | ~$27.0B | Joint venture agreement entered 21 October 2025 | Hyperion, Holly Ridge, Richland Parish | |
Blue Owl + Meta JV for the Hyperion campus with a four-year initial lease term and a residual value guarantee covering the first 16 years of operations. |
jv equity | ~$27.0B | entered October 21, 2025 | Meta Hyperion campus (Blue Owl JV) | |
Applied Digital + undisclosed US hyperscaler Applied Digital subsidiaries APLD AEX-01 LLC and APLD AEX-02 LLC signed leases on 20 and 22 April 2026 with a US hyperscaler for 300 MW of critical IT load at Delta Forge 1, a 430 MW campus near Boyce, Rapides Parish, Louisiana, worth about $7.5 billion over about 15 years, with operations from mid-2027 |
lease | ≥$7.5B | April 23, 2026 | Applied Digital Delta Forge 1 | |
Entergy + Meta Utility Entergy is planning three new natural gas plants near the Hyperion site at a cost of $3 billion. This record describes the original 2024 plan. For the 5 GW expansion Entergy has proposed seven additional generating units, which are before the Louisiana Public Service Commission; see the Hyperion site record. A second Entergy Louisiana agreement with Meta, filed with the Louisiana PSC on 25 March 2026, adds seven combined-cycle gas units of more than 5,200 MW plus batteries and 500 kV transmission, paid for by Meta (recorded separately as entergy-meta-evest-seven-ccgt-2026). |
other | $3.0B | Announced alongside the December 2024 Hyperion announcement | Hyperion, Holly Ridge, Richland Parish | |
Entergy Louisiana + Meta (Evest LLC) Under a second agreement supporting Meta's Hyperion campus in Richland Parish, Entergy Louisiana plans, paid for by Meta, seven new natural gas combined-cycle units totaling more than 5,200 MW (about 5,278 MW, roughly 754 MW each; four near the Richland Parish campus and three near Big Cajun in Pointe Coupee Parish), three battery storage projects and about 240 miles of new 500 kV transmission. The customer entity is Evest LLC. The Louisiana PSC holds a three-day evidentiary hearing from 7 October; intervenors include the Alliance for Affordable Energy, Sierra Club, Union of Concerned Scientists, Louisiana Energy Users Group and Walmart. This is in addition to the three gas plants approved in 2025 (meta-entergy-gas-plants). |
power supply agreement | n.a. | Agreement announced by Entergy Louisiana in late March 2026; LPSC application filed 25 March 2026 (Docket U-37882); evidentiary hearing set for 7 to 9 October; LPSC decision expected 16 December 2026 | Hyperion, Holly Ridge, Richland Parish |
Policy context
What governs a data center in Louisiana
New Orleanscity
New Orleans passed a one-year moratorium, part of a broader wave of political exposure that also includes Madison, Wisconsin and a complete moratorium passed by the Seminole Nation in March.
Louisiana (PSC vote on Meta Hyperion records)state
Applies to discovery in Entergy Louisiana's applications to build generation for Meta's Hyperion campus in Richland Parish
The Louisiana Public Service Commission voted 3-1 on 12 August 2026, along party lines with one commissioner absent, to overturn an administrative law judge's order that would have required Meta to disclose how it calculated job projections and electricity needs for Hyperion. Advocacy groups sought the records before the commission approves Entergy's additional generating units for the 5 GW expansion. According to an Earthjustice release of 28 September 2026, the Alliance for Affordable Energy and the Union of Concerned Scientists, represented by Earthjustice, have appealed the commission's decision to the Civil District Court for the 19th Judicial District, asking it to reverse the vote and reinstate the subpoena the administrative law judge granted in July, which would require Meta to substantiate Hyperion's job and electricity load projections in the review of Entergy Louisiana's proposed seven additional gas plants (advocacy group release).
Louisiana (PSC large-load fast-track directive)state
Large-load applications that meet the criteria (15-year electric service agreement, demonstrated capacity need, customer paying at least half the cost of new infrastructure, Louisiana Economic Development letter of support) get an eight-month commission timeline and may skip market-based testing for new generation. Adopted 16 December 2025. An acceleration measure, not a moratorium
At its monthly meeting in Natchitoches on Tuesday 16 December 2025 the Louisiana Public Service Commission voted 3-2 to adopt Commissioner Jean-Paul Coussan's directive, aligned with Gov. Jeff Landry's Lightning Speed Initiative executive order of September 2025, letting utilities bypass the market-based mechanism used since the 1980s to show they are pursuing least-cost power when serving qualifying large loads such as data centers. Applications meeting the criteria get commission action within eight months. Commissioner Davante Lewis and consumer advocates objected that it weakens consumer protections; Lewis's separate proposal for a broader review of large-load interconnection and cost allocation was deferred to January 2026 on a 4-1 vote.
The policy layer for Louisiana lives in three companion references: the Louisiana Data Center Moratorium Tracker for every state measure and local moratorium on record, the Water Tracker for the water rules that touch a site, and the Grid Operator Watchlist for the large-load rules of the RTO or utility that decides whether it can energize.
On the map
Data centers in Louisiana
The US Data Center Map identifies 22 facilities run by 10 operators in Louisiana, each one placed from primary sources and listed by city and by operator, with this atlas record beside it.
Louisiana data centers
22 facilities · 10 operators
Map, locations, operators, rules
Louisiana power and local economy
Generation, utilities and county records
Explore the power supply chain and local conditions behind the build-out
US Data Center Map
Every state, one page each
The national map and the operator directory
Sources
Sources for Louisiana
Every source cited on this page, once each. The full atlas source register is at Capital Atlas sources.
- fortune.comFortune
- opportunitylouisiana.govLouisiana Economic Development
- about.fb.comMeta newsroom
- cnbc.comCNBC
- datacenters.atmeta.comMeta Data Centers
- nola.comThe Times-Picayune (PSC vote)
- nola.comThe Times-Picayune (transmission lines)
- finance.yahoo.comTom's Hardware via Yahoo Finance
- neworleanscitybusiness.comLouisiana Illuminator via New Orleans CityBusiness
- aboutamazon.comAbout Amazon
- ksla.comKSLA News 12
- reuters.comReuters
- americanpress.comAmerican Press
- opportunitylouisiana.govLouisiana Economic Development
- sec.govApplied Digital Form 10-K (SEC)
- sec.govApplied Digital Form 8-K Exhibit 99.1 (SEC)
- sec.govSEC EDGAR (Hut 8 10-Q)
- sec.govSEC EDGAR (Hut 8 Q2 2026 press release, Ex. 99.1)
- wafb.comWAFB
- finance.yahoo.comONE Nuclear and Hennessy Capital VII closing release (via Yahoo Finance), 23 September 2026
- nola.comNOLA.com (The Times-Picayune), 28 September 2026
- powermag.comPOWER Magazine
- finance.yahoo.comYahoo Finance
- sec.govONE Nuclear Energy Inc. Form 8-K, 23 September 2026 (SEC)
- sec.govONE Nuclear closing release, Exhibit 99.1 (SEC)
- lailluminator.comlailluminator.com
- ktbs.comktbs.com
- thecentersquare.comthecentersquare.com
- ktbs.comKTBS 3
- klax-tv.comKLAX
- ksla.comKSLA
- yahoo.comThe Center Square via Yahoo News
- reuters.comReuters
- entergy.comEntergy Louisiana release
- constructionreviewonline.comConstruction Review
- utilitydive.comUtility Dive, 30 April 2026
- techcrunch.comTechCrunch
- earthjustice.orgEarthjustice (advocacy group release)
- wwno.orgWWNO, 17 December 2025
Every state, one page each
Alabama 9 / 21Alaska 1 / 1Arizona 11 / 11Arkansas 2 / 8California 10 / 35Colorado 6 / 21Connecticut 0 / 6Delaware 0 / 5Florida 0 / 46Georgia 23 / 57Hawaii 0 / 0Idaho 2 / 2Illinois 10 / 35Indiana 14 / 44Iowa 3 / 22Kansas 5 / 19Kentucky 6 / 26Louisiana 7 / 3Maine 0 / 20Maryland 1 / 22Massachusetts 0 / 11Michigan 4 / 55Minnesota 3 / 31Mississippi 7 / 5Missouri 10 / 25Montana 1 / 10Nebraska 3 / 16Nevada 8 / 12New Hampshire 0 / 5New Jersey 4 / 61New Mexico 3 / 10New York 6 / 21North Carolina 10 / 45North Dakota 6 / 4Ohio 24 / 80Oklahoma 11 / 20Oregon 1 / 8Pennsylvania 16 / 42Rhode Island 0 / 5South Carolina 6 / 20South Dakota 1 / 6Tennessee 6 / 26Texas 106 / 35Utah 11 / 12Vermont 0 / 3Virginia 33 / 50Washington 9 / 22Washington, DC 0 / 0West Virginia 4 / 3Wisconsin 4 / 45Wyoming 11 / 5
Figures beside each state are named sites and blocked, delayed or restricted projects.
Part of the North American Data Center Capital Atlas, refreshed every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Announced commitments overlap one another and overlap reported capital expenditure, so this page shows disclosed floors and never adds them into a single deployment figure. Informational, not investment or legal advice.
The SAVRN reference set
Seven references, one system
Capital, delay, policy, water, grid, permits and scarcity are one system seen from seven sides. Each reference is primary-sourced, refreshed on a schedule, and links into the others, so a project can be followed from the money committed to the docket that stopped it.
Delay Watchlist
Project-level slippage: named projects, jurisdictional actions, utility and federal dockets, SEC disclosures, and the interconnection queue.
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Moratorium Tracker
The policy layer: every state measure and local moratorium mapped and cited, with one page per state.
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Water Tracker
Every federal, state, local and interstate water measure that touches a data center, plus a fifty-state water ledger.
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Grid Operator Watchlist
ERCOT, PJM, MISO, CAISO, SPP, NYISO, ISO-NE and FERC: the large-load rules, filings and queue positions that decide whether a site can energize.
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Permits and Power Development
Data center and substation permits, large loads in the interconnection queues, and the power plants planned to serve them, refreshed hourly from public records.
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SAVRN Scarcity Tracker
Eleven primary-sourced indicators of AI infrastructure scarcity, one composite index, read against the token index, SAVRN's own cost basis and the frontier ceiling.
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