Entergy boosts spending by 33 percent to meet data center demand
Meta’s new data center in northeast Louisiana is largely responsible for Entergy recently boosting its four-year capital spending plan by some 33 percent to...
St. Francisville data center gets a little help from Wall Street
The bond market will help Hut 8 finance its planned $3 billion data center in St. Francisville, Bloomberg writes. The project, tied to a...
Senate to consider aerospace incentive bills after unanimous passage in House
The House cleared two key pieces of legislation on Monday aimed at positioning Louisiana for aerospace investment, sending them both to the Senate. Those...
Investors want more environmental info from data center owners
Amazon, Microsoft and Google are being pressured by investors to provide more data about the environmental impact of their rapidly expanding data centers, particularly...
Former BP CEO jumps into AI data center market
Bernard Looney, the former CEO of BP, is taking on the CEO role at Prometheus Hyperscale, a data center developer that hopes to funnel...
LSU’s College of Engineering to launch first degree in AI
This fall, LSU Baton Rouge is set to offer the state’s first bachelor's degree in artificial intelligence. Developed within the College of Engineering, the...
Meta to pay for seven additional gas plants needed for Louisiana data center
Meta plans to power its massive Richland Parish data center with seven additional new gas plants, reports E&E News. Under a deal announced with...
Could Rapides Parish be home to Louisiana’s next big data center project?
Public records and local economic development activity suggest that Applied Digital, a digital infrastructure developer based in Dallas, is positioning a site in Rapides Parish for a...
Regulators say Meta data center ownership shift doesn’t warrant investigation
Louisiana utility regulators last week declined to investigate Meta’s decision to shift ownership of its $28 billion Hyperion data center in Richland Parish, Louisiana...
Hut 8’s West Feliciana data center to fund its own water and power upgrades
Hut 8’s planned $2.8 billion data center in West Feliciana Parish is poised to deliver more than jobs and construction spending—it’s also reshaping the infrastructure debate, The...
