EPA repeals emissions limits on coal and natural gas power plants
The repeal of Environmental Protection Agency rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas would remove...
Data center speculation abounds in Livingston Parish as property undergoes rezoning and wetlands review
Just months before Livingston Parish officials rezoned much of a 700-acre tract of land for heavy industrial development, the site at the center of...
Amazon raises the stakes with $6B Shreveport data center boost
Amazon has increased its planned investment at Shreveport's Resilient Technology Park from $12 billion to $18 billion by adding a third data center campus.
The...
LPSC reconsiders allowing large energy users to pursue private power generation
The Louisiana Public Service Commission is reconsidering allowing large customers to develop private power generation rather than relying entirely on utilities, The Center Square reports....
Ascension Parish readies itself for data centers
No data center has come knocking on Ascension Parish’s door just yet, but the community’s leaders would like to have the rules written before one...
SpaceX turns increasingly to natural gas to provide AI power needs
SpaceX is turning more to natural gas to meet its demands for AI operations energy, The Wall Street Journal reports. This marks a significant shift...
Caddo Parish aims to tap the brakes on data center tax incentives
Caddo Parish official John-Paul Young plans to propose a two-year moratorium on new data center tax incentives while the parish studies their long-term effects...
New partnership to connect data center and energy projects with construction workers
BlackRock and its AI Infrastructure Partnership are partnering with North America’s Building Trades Unions to connect upcoming data center and energy projects with skilled...
Sierra Club: Meta facility should be re-classified as a major source of air pollution
The Sierra Club says that Meta's Hyperion facility in Richland Parish should have been classified as a major source of air pollution rather than receiving...
Data centers pursue off-grid sources of energy to make up for shortfall
Energy research firm Enverus projects that about 40% of new U.S. data center capacity additions through 2030 will be powered off-grid, requiring roughly $5...
