What is the Louisiana AI economy overview?
The statewide, source-linked answer: every tracked AI and hyperscale data center project, active parish, operator, docket, and index row refreshed as filings land.
Start here: Louisiana AI is a power-and-permit story.
The near-term Louisiana AI economy is not a generic software boom. It is a source-linked infrastructure buildout where data centers, utility dockets, water records, parish approvals, operator filings, and workforce commitments determine what actually happens next.
The Louisiana AI economy overview is an infrastructure-led data center buildout: 4 source-backed core records across 5 active parishes, $65.6B+ disclosed-capex floor, and 5.76 GW published site power. It counts three named campuses plus Amazon/STACK's Caddo–Bossier multi-campus program once, without estimating Amazon's undisclosed MW or adding grid-enabling generation. Hut 8's separately published up-to-$10B Phase I capex is a ceiling, so it stays outside the statewide floor. The single largest is Meta's Hyperion campus in Richland Parish ($50 B+, confirmed 5 GW). Other anchors are Amazon AWS in Caddo and Bossier, Hut 8 River Bend in West Feliciana, and Applied Digital Delta Forge 1 in Rapides Parish.
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Tracked projects
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Active parishes
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Operators
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Disclosed-capex floor
$65.6B+ disclosed-capex floor
Published site power
5.76 GW published site power
Jobs treatment
project-specific disclosures; no statewide total
What is the Louisiana AI economy overview?
The Louisiana AI economy overview is this: as of 2026-07-28, LouisianAI's core register holds 4 source-backed records across 5 active parishes, $65.6B+ disclosed-capex floor, and 5.76 GW published site power. It does not turn disparate direct, indirect, construction, and operations announcements into a statewide jobs total. The largest anchor is Meta Hyperion in Richland Parish, supported by Amazon AWS in Caddo and Bossier, Hut 8 River Bend in West Feliciana, and Applied Digital's Delta Forge 1 in Rapides Parish. The audit trail is the Louisiana AI Infrastructure Index plus the LPSC docket tracker for utility approvals and ratepayer-protection evidence.
The biggest data center in Louisiana
The biggest data center in Louisiana is Meta Hyperion in Richland Parish, in the northeast of the state. It is the largest by capex and planned scale: more than $50 billion of announced investment, about 2,250 acres of campus footprint, and a confirmed 5 GW build-out announced July 13, 2026. It is also referred to as Hyperion, Project Sucre, Meta Richland Parish Data Center, and Meta's Richland Parish data center. The campus is anchored by Entergy Louisiana's largest-ever industrial customer commitment, with three new natural-gas-fired combined-cycle power plants approved by the Louisiana Public Service Commission to serve the projected load.
Largest AI investment Louisiana
The largest AI investment in Louisiana depends on whether the question means a single campus or a multi-site package. The best single-campus answer is Meta Hyperion in Richland Parish: more than $50 billion announced for a confirmed 5 GW build-out as of July 2026, with roughly 2 GW expected by 2030 and the full campus around 2032. The largest named multi-site package is Amazon/STACK in Caddo and Bossier Parishes at $12 billion.
Louisiana data center capex announced
Louisiana data center capex announced is tracked in two layers: this statewide page carries the quick answer, a $65.6B+ disclosed-capex floor across the source-backed core register, while the project tracker keeps the row-level capex, parish, published-power basis, status, and primary-evidence trail for each campus or program. Hut 8's up-to-$10B Phase I amount remains separately labeled because it is a ceiling, not a contribution to the floor. The largest capex anchors are Meta Hyperion in Richland Parish, Amazon/STACK in Caddo and Bossier, Hut 8 River Bend in West Feliciana, and Applied Digital's Delta Forge 1 in Rapides Parish.
Louisiana data center jobs
Louisiana data center jobs are concentrated in the hyperscale construction surge and a smaller permanent operations layer. This tracker does not aggregate a statewide jobs total because public announcements use incompatible scopes. The clearest project-level controls are Amazon AWS with 540 direct permanent jobs plus 1,710 supply-chain roles in Caddo and Bossier, Applied Digital with 200 direct full-time jobs plus more than 1,000 peak construction jobs at Delta Forge 1, and the workforce topic hub for training and source notes.
Louisiana data center community benefits: verified commitments vs policy commentary
Louisiana data center community benefits are project-specific; they should be read through operator announcements, parish PILOTs, workforce programs, water-infrastructure commitments, water permits, and LPSC tariff records. Actual project commitments are named promises or filed agreements tied to a campus. Generic policy commentary is broader discussion about Act 730, economic development, tax incentives, or expected spillover without a project-level commitment. The strongest current verified public package is Amazon's Caddo and Bossier program: 540 direct permanent jobs, 1,710 indirect roles, up to $400 million in regional water infrastructure, and a $250,000 community fund for STEM education and local water-quality projects.
LouisianAI does not treat every data-center jobs announcement as a community-benefit agreement. A benefit is verified only when it appears in an operator announcement, parish action, PILOT record, workforce program, water-infrastructure commitment, utility tariff, LDEQ permit, or comparable public filing. That distinction is why the statewide readout separates Amazon's named Caddo/Bossier package from still-developing Meta Hyperion, Hut 8 River Bend, and Applied Digital benefit claims that still need parish PILOT, workforce, utility, water-permit, and operator records before they should be cited as specific community benefits.
Louisiana data center permits
Louisiana data center permits move through parish zoning or site-plan approvals, LDEQ air and water permits where applicable, LPSC utility dockets for generation, transmission, and customer tariffs, and federal reviews only when a site triggers them. For a statewide read, start with the permitting topic hub and the LPSC docket tracker; for project-specific status, use the individual data-center profiles.
Louisiana data center timeline
The Louisiana data center timeline is phased by operator and utility readiness. Meta Hyperion is under construction. Amazon/STACK is in announced/pre-civil sequencing. Hut 8 River Bend is under construction with Phase 1 delivery targeted for 2027. Applied Digital Delta Forge 1 is under construction with initial operations expected in mid-2027. The binding gates are utility delivery, parish permits, water permissions, and operator construction updates.
Louisiana AI infrastructure tracker
The Louisiana AI infrastructure tracker is the source-linked project register at /data-centers and /tracker. It tracks project name, operator, parish, status, power demand, capex, jobs, timeline, and the primary-source trail behind each claim. The statewide summary on this page rolls those rows into a quick answer for AI economy, investment, power, and construction-timeline searches.
Frequently asked: Louisiana AI economy
What is the biggest data center in Louisiana?
The biggest data center in Louisiana is Meta Hyperion in Richland Parish. LouisianAI tracks it as the state's largest AI data center by capex, acreage, and planned power scale, with a confirmed 5 GW build-out costing more than $50 billion.
What are Louisiana's hyperscale data centers?
Three named hyperscale campuses plus one multi-campus program: Meta Hyperion (Richland Parish), Amazon/STACK Caddo+Bossier ($12 B, MW not publicly disclosed), Hut 8 River Bend (West Feliciana, 330 MW utility capacity), and Applied Digital Delta Forge 1 (Rapides Parish, $3.6 B, 430 MW utility design).
How much is being invested in Louisiana AI infrastructure?
$65.6B+ disclosed-capex floor across 4 core records, with 5.76 GW published site power. Meta Hyperion is the single-largest lower-bound disclosure at more than $50 B after its July 2026 expansion; Amazon's multi-site campuses add $12 B; Hut 8's up-to-$10B Phase I disclosure remains separately labeled as a ceiling.
What are Louisiana data center jobs?
Louisiana data center jobs are mostly construction-surge roles plus permanent operations. The clearest published numbers are Amazon's 540 direct permanent and 1,710 indirect roles, Meta Hyperion's 500+ permanent roles and thousands of construction jobs, and statewide workforce programs tracked on the workforce topic hub.
What are Louisiana data center community benefits?
Community benefits are not one statewide package. Verify them by project: Amazon's public Caddo/Bossier package includes 540 direct permanent jobs, 1,710 indirect roles, up to $400 million in regional water infrastructure, and a $250,000 STEM/water-quality fund; other projects require parish PILOT, workforce, utility, water-permit, and operator records before claiming specific benefits.
Active parishes
Hyperscale data center permits, parish by parish
Permit status is parish-level work: zoning and site-plan approvals run through parish government, LDEQ handles air and water, and utility filings run through the LPSC. Each parish below has a dedicated permits page tracking exactly where the public record stands.
Parishes with tracked hyperscale projects
Watchlist parishes
Every Louisiana parish keeps a permits record even before a named campus appears — each page states what is confirmed, what is missing from the public record, and which filings would change the answer.
Capital
Northshore
Greater New Orleans
Operators active in Louisiana
Core tracker records
These are the source-backed records that control the statewide capex and published-power denominator. A named campus appears once; Amazon/STACK's disclosed Caddo–Bossier program appears once; watch items, operational-colocation directories, and grid-enabling projects sit outside this core register.
- Meta Hyperion AI Data Center — Richland
- Amazon NW Louisiana Cluster — Caddo & Bossier
- Hut 8 River Bend Campus — West Feliciana
- Delta Forge 1 — Rapides