Newly tracked within roughly the last 72 hours, Louisiana stories include the Louisiana Public Service Commission voting down its administrative law judge’s order that would have required Meta to disclose how it calculated job projections and electricity needs for its Richland Parish data center project. Opponents described the massive power needs of the Meta data center in Richland Parish as absurd, while Entergy Louisiana said concerns are misguided; one report noted a 4,500-MW demand figure. Applied Digital agreed to a $4 million community benefit deal for Boyce.
Key Louisiana AI updates
- ‘LaPolitics’ Q&A: Scrutinizing the costs of powering Meta (news, 2026-10-16) businessreport.com
- Applied Digital agrees to $4 million community benefit deal for Boyce (news, 2026-10-14) kalb.com
- Massive power needs of Meta data center in Richland Parish are ‘absurd,’ opponents say (news, 2026-10-13) kalb.com
- Roundup: Entergy and Meta / Loyola’s ‘Billboard’ recognition / US jobless claims (news, 2026-10-08) [S5]
Sources
- [businessreport.com ‘LaPolitics’ Q&A: Scrutinizing the costs of powering Meta](businessreport.com)
- [kalb.com Applied Digital agrees to $4 million community benefit deal for Boyce](kalb.com)
- [kalb.com Massive power needs of Meta data center in Richland Parish are ‘absurd,’ opponents say](kalb.com)
- [[S5] Roundup: Entergy and Meta / Loyola’s ‘Billboard’ recognition / US jobless claims](businessreport.com)