The edition-stamped snapshot of Louisiana’s AI data center buildout: source-backed capex, published site power by build stage, parish scorecard, operator portfolio, and the LPSC docket pulse. Campus records and multi-campus programs are counted once; watch rows and enabling grid projects are shown separately rather than folded into statewide campus totals.
Under construction or civil works in motion.
Announced, permitting, or site acquired — not yet building.
Potential subsite or rumour-grade signal; excluded from every statewide denominator.
Amazon/STACK is one disclosed multi-campus program spanning Caddo and Bossier. It is shown once below rather than allocated to either parish, so the index counts five covered parishes without double-counting its $12B program investment or inventing a split MW figure.
| Parish | Projects | Disclosed capex | Quantified MW | Operators | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richland | 1 | $50.0B+ | 5,000 | Meta Platforms | |
| Caddo & Bossier | 1 | $12.0B | — | Amazon / STACK | |
| Rapides | 1 | $3.6B | 430 | Applied Digital | |
| West Feliciana | 1 | $0M+ $10.0B ceiling | 330 | Hut 8 |
The Louisiana AI Infrastructure Index is LouisianAI's edition-stamped quarterly snapshot of the state's AI data center buildout. The Q3 2026 edition separates 4 source-backed data-center records (3 named campuses and 1 multi-campus program) from 2 visible watch-list rows. Statewide capex, published site power, parish, and operator figures use only the source-backed denominator.
The Q3 2026 edition tracks a $65.6B+ disclosed-capex floor: $53.6B+ in named campus records and $12.0B in the Amazon/STACK multi-campus program, counted once. Hut 8's separately disclosed up-to-$10.0B Phase I ceiling remains outside that floor. Watch rows and enabling grid projects are excluded.
5,760 MW of published site power sits in active build, with another 0 MW in announced or permitting records. The core register has 5,760 MW across 3 records; Amazon's $12B multi-campus program has no public MW figure, and enabling grid generation is tracked separately through LPSC dockets.
The index covers 5 parishes with confirmed projects. The parish scorecard ranks them by tracked capex; the current edition is led by Richland.
The regulatory pulse covers 5 tracked LPSC docket records: 3 open, 1 approved, and 1 repository, last verified 2026-08-05. Each has a citable record page under /lpsc-dockets.
Cite it as "Louisiana AI Infrastructure Index, Q3 2026 edition, LouisianAI, published 2026-07-28, louisianai.com/louisiana-ai-infrastructure-index." Underlying rows are available as CSV and JSON datasets, and every project metric links back to its source-linked profile.
Index metrics are computed directly from LouisianAI’s source-linked tracker rows and LPSC docket records at publication — the same records behind every project profile. Capex and MW reflect row-level tracked values, not aggregated press claims; rumour-grade rows are reported separately from confirmed campuses. See the methodology page for confidence grading.
Suggested citation: “Louisiana AI Infrastructure Index, Q3 2026 edition, LouisianAI, published 2026-07-28, louisianai.com/louisiana-ai-infrastructure-index.”