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Louisiana regulators approve power plan for giant Meta AI data center

Meta’s data center will need about three times the amount of electricity that New Orleans uses in a year and increase Entergy's electric needs in the state by around 30%. Both advocacy and industrial groups disputed the plan.

Reuters on MSN · 14h

Entergy receives regulatory approval for investments to support Meta's Louisiana data center

Entergy's Louisiana unit received the state's regulatory approval to move forward with infrastructure investments tied to Meta's new global data center in Richland Parish, the utility firm said on Wednesday.

E&E News · 1h

Louisiana bets big on Meta, approving major gas power expansion

Regulators clear Entergy's multibillion-dollar plan to build three major power stations to serve Meta's massive proposed data center.

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Louisiana PSC approves Entergy's plan to power Meta's $10 billion data center

Entergy Louisiana has received the green light to move forward with its plan to power Meta's massive $10 billion data center in North Louisiana. The Louisiana Public Service Commission (PSC) ...

The Advocate2d

'It could turn Louisiana around': Hut 8 breaks ground on $2.5 billion West Feliciana data center

The first phase of construction will produce two 450,000-square-foot buildings, the first to be completed by the end of the ...

NOLA.com1d

Tiny Louisiana parish becomes AI boomtown as Meta builds $10B data center: 'It's changing fast'

Land speculators are buying up property, paying 20 or 30 times more than they would have a year ago. New business permits ...

Baton Rouge Business Report21h

Roundup: Meta data center / Lowe’s acquiring FBM / $22B Texas data center

Fast-tracking a vote that was originally expected to happen two months from now, state utility regulators plan to decide Wednesday whether to approve a controversial power plant Entergy wants to build ...

Red River Radio5d

A Rush to Success? Or, Avoidance of Scrutiny? Questions Swirl on When to Begin Building $10 billion North Louisiana Data Center

Entergy is expected to ask members of the Louisiana Public Service Commission to speed up the approval process when the state ...

NOLA.com6d

MMR built refineries and power plants. Now this LSU-loving construction firm is riding the AI boom.

Baton Rouge-based MMR has quickly expanded from its core business building refineries, petrochemical plants and other nodes ...

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