Start here: the tracked buildout in one paragraph.
LouisianAI tracks the live Louisiana AI data-center buildout by operator, parish, status, capex, peak MW, water exposure, LPSC docket posture, and source-linked project page. Use the rows below to move from statewide scale to the exact filing, operator, or permit trail behind each campus.
The Louisiana AI infrastructure tracker is LouisianAI's source-cited register of every tracked AI and hyperscale data center project in the state: operator, parish, status, capex, peak MW, timeline posture, confidence level, and links to project-level evidence.
The Louisiana data center timeline starts with Meta Hyperion under construction in Richland Parish, Amazon and STACK's multi-campus northwest Louisiana buildout after the March 2026 Bossier final plat, Hut 8 River Bend's 245 MW Phase I lease plus parish water-system work, and Applied Digital Delta Forge 1 after its January 2026 groundbreaking and mid-2027 operations target.
Louisiana data center power demand is already multi-gigawatt: quantified tracker rows sum to roughly 9.6 GW, and the broader announced and planned AI pipeline exceeds 8 GW when later-stage load is included. The LPSC docket trail decides which generation and transmission projects can energize that load.
Louisiana data center capex announced depends on the layer being cited. The row-level tracker on this page shows roughly $80.9B of source-linked project capex, while the statewide overview carries the broader $60B-plus announced pipeline answer when later expansion framing is included. Each row links to the project profile behind the capex number.
New Orleans data infrastructure in this tracker is operational colocation: EdgeConnex New Orleans and Fogo New Orleans in Orleans Parish. The hyperscale AI campuses driving most new Louisiana power demand are outside New Orleans.
Meta Hyperion is under construction in Richland Parish in 2026. It is the largest tracked Louisiana AI data center, with a confirmed 5 GW build-out costing more than $50 billion, announced by Meta on July 13, 2026.
The Louisiana operator set is Meta in Richland Parish, Amazon Web Services with STACK in Caddo and Bossier Parishes, Hut 8 at River Bend in West Feliciana Parish, Applied Digital at Delta Forge 1 in Rapides Parish, plus operational colocation operators in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.
Louisiana data center water and environmental impact is project-specific: cooling design, permitted withdrawals, discharge path, parish water agreements, and LDEQ/LPSC records. Meta Hyperion has the most visible water-use record; Amazon has regional water-infrastructure commitments; Hut 8 and Applied Digital require site-level permit tracking.
LouisianAI keeps unconfirmed site-control cases and parish or city policy moves off the canonical tracker until operator, permit, or utility records harden. The current dated holding surface covers Resilient Technology Park, State Line / Blanchard, the New Orleans data-center interim zoning district, and St. Charles Parish's data-center zoning code.
Bayou Metal's Slidell line for HII's AI-enabled ROMULUS unmanned surface vessel program is a Louisiana autonomy and manufacturing signal, not a data-center row. We track those items in the ecosystem Watch Wire until they become canonical campus, docket, or operator records.
Interactive breakdowns of capex allocation, power demand, project status, parish concentration, and operator portfolios across all tracked Louisiana AI infrastructure.
Values use published tracker capex and MW fields.