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Data centers · Richland County, Louisiana

Richland County

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Projects in Richland County
Meta Richland Parish data center (Hyperion)Meta Platforms (through Laidley LLC and Evest LLC)5,000Under constructionJuly 13, 202650 MW+

Updates, newest first

  1. Sept. 28, 2026 Meta Richland Parish data center (Hyperion) · The Alliance for Affordable Energy and the Union of Concerned Scientists said they had appealed the Commission's subpoena decision to the 19th Judicial District Court (reported by the groups; the court record was not obtained). (Union of Concerned Scientists (news release), Sept. 28, 2026)
  2. Sept. 16, 2026 Meta Richland Parish data center (Hyperion) · The Commission accepted a stipulation between Entergy and the two nonprofit groups on their access to confidential filings and vacated the judge's earlier ruling on it. (Louisiana Public Service Commission, Oct. 16, 2026)
  3. Aug. 12, 2026 Meta Richland Parish data center (Hyperion) · The Commission voted 3-1 (Commissioner Lewis opposed, Commissioner Campbell absent) to reverse an administrative law judge's ruling and vacate a subpoena that would have required Meta to produce documents on the campus's investment, jobs and power needs. (Louisiana Public Service Commission, Sept. 17, 2026)
  4. Aug. 11, 2026 Meta Richland Parish data center (Hyperion) · Reported: the Gulf States Newsroom said the Word file of the motion approving the Aug. 20, 2025 settlement, offered as Commissioner Foster Campbell's, lists an Entergy Louisiana regulatory affairs vice president as its author, and that the text read into the record closely follows that file; it reported the same executive's edits to a March 2025 motion on a Hyundai Steel transmission project. The report does not say any rule was broken. Entergy and the commissioners did not comment in the report; the Commission's own records were not checked for this. (Gulf States Newsroom (WBHM / WWNO), Aug. 11, 2026)
  5. July 13, 2026 Meta Richland Parish data center (Hyperion) · Meta and the governor announced an expansion to more than $50 billion, nearly 10 million square feet and 5 GW of IT capacity, with about 1,000 operational jobs. (Louisiana Economic Development, July 13, 2026; WRKF / WWNO (Gulf States Newsroom), July 14, 2026)
  6. April 15, 2026 Meta Richland Parish data center (Hyperion) · The Commission voted 4-1, Commissioner Lewis opposed, to schedule its decision on the second application for Dec. 16, 2026. (Louisiana Public Service Commission, May 14, 2026)
  7. March 25, 2026 Meta Richland Parish data center (Hyperion) · Entergy filed a second application, for 5,278 MW of new generation plus batteries and transmission, to serve Meta subsidiary Evest LLC's data center next to the first one (Docket U-37882). (Louisiana Public Service Commission, Sept. 17, 2026; Louisiana Public Service Commission, March 27, 2026; Louisiana Public Service Commission, March 26, 2026)
  8. Jan. 14, 2026 Meta Richland Parish data center (Hyperion) · The Alliance for Affordable Energy and the Union of Concerned Scientists asked the Commission to investigate a new financing arrangement for the Hyperion data center; Entergy filed an opposition on Feb. 13, 2026. No ruling appears in the docket list as of Oct. 26, 2026. (Louisiana Public Service Commission, Nov. 4, 2024)
  9. Aug. 20, 2025 Meta Richland Parish data center (Hyperion) · The Commission approved a settlement among Entergy, Commission Staff and several intervenors 4-1, with Commissioner Davante Lewis objecting; the order was issued Aug. 29, 2025. (Louisiana Public Service Commission, Aug. 29, 2025; Louisiana Public Service Commission, Aug. 20, 2025)
  10. April 2025 Meta Richland Parish data center (Hyperion) · The administrative law judge ruled that Meta and Laidley did not have to join the case as parties, as several nonprofit groups had asked. (The Advocate (via GovTech), April 8, 2025; Louisiana Public Service Commission, Nov. 4, 2024)
  11. Dec. 4, 2024 Meta Richland Parish data center (Hyperion) · The state announced Meta's $10 billion data center on the 2,250-acre former Franklin Farm megasite, with 500 or more direct jobs projected. (Louisiana Economic Development, Dec. 4, 2024)
  12. Oct. 30, 2024 Meta Richland Parish data center (Hyperion) · Entergy Louisiana asked the Public Service Commission to approve three new gas-fired combined-cycle units and transmission to serve a data center being built by Meta subsidiary Laidley LLC in Richland Parish (Docket U-37425). (Louisiana Public Service Commission, Aug. 29, 2025; Louisiana Public Service Commission, Nov. 4, 2024)

Statewide

Act 730 of 2024 (HB 827) gives a state and local sales and use tax rebate on data center equipment and on spending to build, buy, lease, repair or expand a qualifying data center, for purchases from July 1, 2024, if the operator attests it will create at least 50 new permanent jobs and invest at least $200 million in Louisiana before July 1, 2029; Louisiana Economic Development certifies the facility and signs a 20-year agreement that may be renewed for 10 more years. (Louisiana Legislature, June 19, 2024) The Public Service Commission's Lightning Directive, adopted 3-2 at its Dec. 17, 2025 meeting, lets a utility skip the Commission's market-based competitive test for new generation serving a large load when set conditions are met (reported: a 15-year service agreement, shown need, the customer paying at least half of new infrastructure and a letter of support from Louisiana Economic Development), and aims for a Commission vote within eight months of an application; Entergy's second Meta filing (U-37882) and Cleco's Applied Digital filing (U-38035) were made under it. (WWNO, Dec. 17, 2025; Louisiana Public Service Commission, May 14, 2026; Louisiana Public Service Commission, Oct. 15, 2026) No binding large-load tariff rule was found: in May 2026 the Commission opened a repository docket (X-37921) for non-binding Large Load Additions Guidelines, which ask utilities to show that the new load pays the full cost of the generation and transmission built for it, that other customers are protected from stranded costs if the load leaves, and that the utility keeps curtailment rights. (Louisiana Public Service Commission, May 6, 2026; Louisiana Public Service Commission, 2026) Docket R-37905 (opened April 2026) is a Commission rulemaking on 'private use electrical networks' that would let generation serve new large loads directly; Staff issued an initial report and proposed rule in August 2026 and comments were filed in September and October 2026. No final rule as of Oct. 26, 2026. (Louisiana Public Service Commission, April 22, 2026) Parish incentives: the Caddo Parish Commission set up a framework for payments in lieu of taxes for data centers in unincorporated Caddo Parish (Resolution 48 of 2025, with the Northwest Louisiana Finance Authority); Meta's Richland Parish campus has a payment-in-lieu-of-taxes agreement with the parish (reported). (Caddo Parish Commission, Aug. 2026; WRKF / WWNO (Gulf States Newsroom), July 14, 2026) Louisiana data centers →