Briefs from the research desk.

Meta facility in Richland Parish faces opposition over electricity demands while Applied Digital commits funds to Boyce near its Delta Forge 1 site.

New signals from the past 72 hours include Mid-City power outages affecting nearly 2,500 homes, a $4 million community benefit agreement in Boyce, and opposition to Meta data center power needs in Richland Parish.

Power restored in Metairie after fire; outages hit Marigny and St. Roch; Applied Digital reaches $4 million deal for Boyce data center; opponents criticize Meta project power needs in Richland Parish.

Take the Power Back organizers say a 4,500-megawatt AI campus is absurd for a single project. Entergy says Meta will pay its own way as the PSC heads toward a Dec. 16 vote on a $12.9 billion buildout.

Source-backed coverage of Louisiana data center power demands and AI infrastructure signals from Oct. 13 reporting.

Meta launched Muse Wonder on Oct. 12, trained at its one-gigawatt Prometheus cluster in Ohio. Its far larger Hyperion training cluster is rising in Richland Parish, where a newly disclosed 4,500-megawatt peak demand figure is headed into a state regulatory fight.

Recent items tracked cover Entergy partnerships, workforce expansion plans by Ampirical Solutions, and a major data center power projection from Entergy Louisiana.

A Lilly Endowment-funded study at Loyola University New Orleans found young adults anxious about AI, and Loyola is now seeking $2.5 million to build faith-based programs in response.

Newly tracked Louisiana signals from the past 72 hours cover AI discussions at Loyola University New Orleans and Entergy Louisiana disclosures on a planned data center.

Hut 8's River Bend tour and Entergy's Meta hearing put Louisiana's four big AI campuses in the spotlight, and the state's promise that data centers will fund their own power is facing its first real test.

A short Louisiana-only brief. Fresh statewide AI coverage was thin, so this issue stays with the Louisiana record rather than substituting national headlines.

As Louisiana broke ground on a federally funded fiber build, lawmakers say the broadband-funding threat that sidelined state AI bills still hangs over the 2027 session.

Source-backed updates on Louisiana data center developments including Entergy and Meta plans.

Entergy disclosed Hyperion's 4,500 MW load as Louisiana regulators opened a three-day hearing on a $12.9 billion power buildout for Meta.

A short source-linked Louisiana AI brief. National headlines were withheld because they are not Louisiana coverage.

Hut 8 gave officials and media a first look at its $10 billion West Feliciana Parish campus this week as a Phase II zoning request drew pushback.

A source-linked roundup of tracked Louisiana AI and data-center developments.

July 2026 public-record brief on Meta Hyperion's 5 GW Louisiana power expansion, Entergy's agreement, and the separate LPSC approval record.

Source-backed brief on Bayou Metal Supply & Manufacturing's Slidell production line for HII's ROMULUS unmanned surface vessel program.

Source-backed June 17 brief on Resilient Technology Park, State Line / Blanchard, New Orleans' data-center interim zoning district, and St. Charles Parish zoning.

Entergy Louisiana data-center load: Meta-linked exposure, Fair Share Plus, and LPSC dockets U-37425, U-37882, and U-37853.

Public workforce boards, vocational expansions, water board hearings that often clarify AI hyperscale footprints before headline numbers plateau.

Watch-list workflow for new Louisiana AI compute announcements before parish dockets harden: opportunitylouisiana.gov, LED press, utility dockets.

How parallel campuses across Caddo and Bossier change logistics, workforce housing, supplier routing in Northwest Louisiana AI growth.