Fast-tracked power plants put Louisiana ratepayers on the hook, critics say
Louisiana regulators have approved a sweeping rule change that could significantly accelerate how power plants are approved for energy-hungry industrial projects, including large data...
Hut 8 lands a massive partnership for its West Feliciana data center
Hut 8 has secured a multibillion-dollar partnership with Anthropic and Fluidstack, a deal that puts the company’s planned River Bend data center in West Feliciana...
Meta moving forward: Entergy to break ground on power facilities in north Louisiana
Entergy Louisiana broke ground Monday on two new power generation facilities in north Louisiana aimed at supporting new economic development in the region, including...
Entergy signs a natural gas deal to support Meta’s data center project
Entergy Louisiana last week announced that it has signed a 20-year natural gas transportation agreement with Energy Transfer, a leading North American energy firm.
The...
With AI’s help, predictive and prescriptive maintenance tools can predict and diagnose failures
Digitization and advances in AI and machine learning, or ML, are transforming Louisiana’s maintenance landscape. Increasingly, maintenance teams are turning to these tools to...
At a Louisiana summit, officials call for ‘energy dominance’ to fuel AI and industry
At the Louisiana Energy Security Summit in New Orleans, U.S. Department of Energy Assistant Secretary Kyle Haustveit said the Trump administration will pursue “unprecedented”...
Drone maker to hire 500-plus employees for new Acadiana manufacturing site
An American-based company will build its first U.S. industrial drone manufacturing facility in Louisiana, reports Louisiana Illuminator. The company also plans to hire 521...
Who should foot the bill for Louisiana’s $3B Meta power upgrade?
In a rural corner of Louisiana, Meta is building one of the world’s largest data centers, a $10 billion behemoth as big as 70...
Companies are increasingly eyeing Louisiana for data center projects
Louisiana officials say the state is experiencing a surge of interest from companies looking to build data centers, spurred by Meta’s $10 billion project...
Oil-field servicers are gravitating to these hungry new customers
Oil-field service companies are pivoting toward a new kind of customer: artificial intelligence data centers hungry for power, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Firms like Solaris, Liberty...
