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Weekly long-form on the constraints shaping Louisiana’s AI buildout. Source-linked, confidence-labeled, archived in full.

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001Jun 17Incentives
Bayou Metal puts Slidell into the HII AI-enabled autonomous vessel supply chain
A Louisiana industrial-base signal, not a data-center campus: Slidell fabrication capacity is now part of HII's AI-enabled autonomous maritime production chain.
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002Jun 17Power
Louisiana data center watch items and local policy actions — June 17, 2026
A dated holding surface for edge cases and local policy moves that matter to buyers but do not yet belong in the canonical project tracker.
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003May 11Power
Entergy Louisiana data center maximum exposure: 7+ GW Meta load
Bottom-up from LPSC Dockets U-37425, U-37882, U-37853 and Entergy's 2026 capex disclosures, with a direct answer for maximum-exposure searches and the ratepayer counter-modeling from UCS, Alliance for Affordable Energy, and The Lens NOLA.
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004Apr 18Workforce
Louisiana policy and workforce filings that normally close gaps on AI capex rumor
Public workforce boards, vocational expansions, water board hearings that often clarify AI hyperscale footprints before headline numbers plateau.
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005Apr 05Incentives
Statewide LED pipeline monitoring with OpportunityLouisiana artifacts
Watch-list workflow for new Louisiana AI compute announcements before parish dockets harden: opportunitylouisiana.gov, LED press, utility dockets.
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006Apr 01Power
STACK and Amazon multi-parish coordination notes for Louisiana buyers
How parallel campuses across Caddo and Bossier change logistics, workforce housing, supplier routing in Northwest Louisiana AI growth.
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007Mar 22Power
Meta Hyperion grid expansion and gas plant clusters Louisiana operators track
Entergy planning signals, gas-turbine clusters, transmission upgrades that translate AI campus ramp risk into Louisiana operational hedging.
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008Mar 11Workforce
Applied Digital Boyce labor and equipment mobilization signals to monitor
Early civil work, laydown yards, substation civil packages, training partnerships that telegraph phase-one AI compute delivery in Central Louisiana.
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009Mar 04Incentives
Parish-level incentive drift patterns around Meta, Amazon, Hut 8 timelines
Where LED packages, local abatements, infrastructure grants surface first when Louisiana AI megaprojects race construction windows.
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010Feb 19Power
Louisiana readiness intake checkpoints before AI pilots meet infrastructure reality
Workflow pain, budgets, data custody, policy exposure: what operator teams must lock before pilot spend across Louisiana AI programs.
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011Feb 06Vendors
Louisiana buyer proof points that keep vendor-ready listings searchable
Category fit, geography, delivery proof beats buzzwords; how LouisianAI structures vendor ingestion for repeatable Louisiana procurement motions.
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012Jan 22Water
River-adjacent cooling edge cases Louisiana AI hyperscalers negotiate
Why Mississippi River corridors matter for large-scale latent heat budgeting, wetlands buffers, permitting optics, redundancy planning for AI loads.
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013Jan 08Vendors
Northwest Louisiana AI corridor subcontractor and RFP emergence signals near Shreveport
Operator-specific signals for cabling, HV, chilled water trades, fibre backhaul readiness, procurement drops around Caddo and Bossier Parishes.
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014Dec 18Water
Louisiana AI campus power-water-permit sequencing for capex watchers
Practical sequencing for Louisiana AI campuses: interconnect queues, parish permits, evaporative footprints, incentive artifacts, timeline confidence.
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015Nov 07Power
Louisiana AI Infrastructure Watch Queue
How LouisianAI stages hyperscale announcements, filings, permits, utility signals while protecting buyers from rumor-grade capex narratives.
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016Sep 18Power
Louisiana AI brief archive 30: parish-level AI infrastructure notes
Supplemental Louisiana AI intelligence brief 30 covering parish signals, vendor motion, policy artifacts, and workforce queues for operators statewide.
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017Sep 10Power
Louisiana AI brief archive 48: parish-level AI infrastructure notes
Supplemental Louisiana AI intelligence brief 48 covering parish signals, vendor motion, policy artifacts, and workforce queues for operators statewide.
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018Sep 09Power
Louisiana AI brief archive 21: parish-level AI infrastructure notes
Supplemental Louisiana AI intelligence brief 21 covering parish signals, vendor motion, policy artifacts, and workforce queues for operators statewide.
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019Sep 01Power
Louisiana AI brief archive 39: parish-level AI infrastructure notes
Supplemental Louisiana AI intelligence brief 39 covering parish signals, vendor motion, policy artifacts, and workforce queues for operators statewide.
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020Aug 26Power
Louisiana AI brief archive 38: parish-level AI infrastructure notes
Supplemental Louisiana AI intelligence brief 38 covering parish signals, vendor motion, policy artifacts, and workforce queues for operators statewide.
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021Aug 17Power
Louisiana AI brief archive 29: parish-level AI infrastructure notes
Supplemental Louisiana AI intelligence brief 29 covering parish signals, vendor motion, policy artifacts, and workforce queues for operators statewide.
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022Aug 09Power
Louisiana AI brief archive 47: parish-level AI infrastructure notes
Supplemental Louisiana AI intelligence brief 47 covering parish signals, vendor motion, policy artifacts, and workforce queues for operators statewide.
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023Aug 08Power
Louisiana AI brief archive 20: parish-level AI infrastructure notes
Supplemental Louisiana AI intelligence brief 20 covering parish signals, vendor motion, policy artifacts, and workforce queues for operators statewide.
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024Jul 25Power
Louisiana AI brief archive 37: parish-level AI infrastructure notes
Supplemental Louisiana AI intelligence brief 37 covering parish signals, vendor motion, policy artifacts, and workforce queues for operators statewide.
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