Louisiana-focused signals tracked in the last 72 hours include Entergy's advanced transmission technology deployment to increase power capacity, reduce congestion and strengthen the grid. The Louisiana Public Service Commission voted down an administrative law judge order that would have required Meta to disclose calculations for job projections and electricity needs at its Richland Parish data center. Applied Digital agreed to a $4 million community benefit deal for the Delta Forge 1 data center in Boyce. Opponents described Meta's Richland Parish data-center power needs as absurd while Entergy Louisiana stated the concerns are misguided.
Key Louisiana AI updates
- Advanced transmission technology: A closer look at the innovation that will help us get more from the grid (news, 2026-10-22) entergy.com
- ‘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
Sources
- [entergy.com Advanced transmission technology: A closer look at the innovation that will help us get more from the grid](entergy.com)
- [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)