About the author
Blake Gallagher — founder and lead analyst, LouisianAI.
Louisiana-based real estate developer, full-stack engineer, and primary-source researcher tracking AI infrastructure, hyperscale data center deals, and the ratepayer impact of Louisiana's gigawatt-scale buildout.
Why this page exists
Coverage of Louisiana's AI infrastructure boom is dominated by press releases on one side and advocacy commentary on the other. LouisianAI is run by a working real estate operator who reads LPSC dockets and parish records as a day job. This page documents that operating context so readers, journalists, and policy researchers can weigh source credibility for themselves.
Background
Real estate development
Operating Gallagher Property Company under GPC Holdings, LLC — a Louisiana-anchored real estate development and investment platform building parcel data, deal pipeline, and underwriting tools used internally and for clients.
Background
Underwriting coursework
Colibri Real Estate professional coursework in underwriting and investment analysis. Ongoing self-directed study of institutional-grade financial modeling, ground leases, JV/promote structures, and CMBS/CLO/REIT mechanics.
Background
Software engineering
Full-stack engineer shipping TypeScript/Python systems for property data, parcel search, tax optimization (TaxOS), and operating real businesses such as LineForge Striping. Active GitHub builder of AI agent infrastructure.
Background
Domain breadth
Day-to-day exposure to Louisiana real estate transactions, parish records, utility tariffs, and economic development incentives. This is the same primary-source workflow LouisianAI editorial uses on every brief.
Editorial standards LouisianAI follows
Primary sources first
Every quantitative claim links to an LPSC docket, SEC filing, utility press release, or parish public record. Secondary reporting is used to provide context, never as the load-bearing source for a figure.
Distinguish committed vs. announced
Hyperscale projects are tagged by status: announced, MOU, LPSC filed, LPSC approved, ground broken, in service. Capacity figures are tagged as IT load vs. generation capacity to avoid the common 1:1 confusion.
Show the ratepayer math
Where Entergy or other utilities publish savings claims, LouisianAI presents the counter-modeling from Union of Concerned Scientists, Alliance for Affordable Energy, and The Lens NOLA so readers can see the assumptions both sides are using.
Update on cadence
Briefs carry both datePublished and dateModified. Material changes (new docket order, revised MW figure, new operator) trigger an update rather than a stealth edit, with the dateModified bumped accordingly.
Areas of expertise
- Commercial real estate underwriting
- Louisiana data center site selection
- Hyperscale power procurement filings
- LPSC docket interpretation
- Parish-level zoning and permitting
- Property data engineering
- Mobile home park acquisitions
- Tax incentive structuring (ITEP, Act 730)
Recent and ongoing briefs
The work below is authored or supervised by Blake Gallagher. Each brief is signed and linked to its underlying primary sources.
For journalists, analysts, and regulators
LouisianAI maintains a structured tracker of Louisiana AI infrastructure activity and shares verified datasets via Hugging Face. Blake is available for on-record interviews and background briefings on Entergy filings, parish-level readiness, and ratepayer impact analysis.