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Louisiana data center power — the grid build behind the AI boom.

Entergy Louisiana, AEP SWEPCO, and Cleco Power are the three utilities absorbing the bulk of new AI compute load — each under different LPSC tariff structures designed to recover costs from the data-center customer rather than residential ratepayers.

Start here: power decides the build schedule.

Louisiana data-center growth is constrained by utility filings, generation additions, transmission, and cost-recovery terms. The LPSC docket trail is the first place to check whether announced AI load can energize and who pays for the grid work.

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Exact probe terms, answered plainly.

What is Louisiana data center power demand?

Louisiana data center power demand is already a multi-gigawatt utility-planning problem. Meta Hyperion alone has a public path toward 5 GW in Richland Parish; the broader statewide AI and hyperscale pipeline is above 8 GW of peak demand when Amazon/STACK, Hut 8, Applied Digital, and other tracked projects are included. The practical control records are the LPSC dockets, because they decide generation, transmission, tariff design, and who pays.[1][5][6]

What is Entergy Louisiana data center power?

Entergy Louisiana data center power is now a formal LPSC docket story, not just a utility planning story. U-37425 approved the first Meta Hyperion generation and transmission package; U-37882 is the open Meta expansion docket tied to more than 5,200 MW of additional generation, 500 kV transmission, storage, nuclear uprates, and renewables; U-37853 covers Waterford 6 and Westlake generation resources for broader large-load growth.[1][5][6]

What is Entergy Louisiana data center load?

Entergy Louisiana data center load is the large-load demand created by Meta Hyperion, later Meta expansion filings, and broader AI/hyperscale growth on the Entergy system. The public control path runs through U-37425, U-37882, U-37853, and the LPSC large-load guidelines, because those records govern generation, interconnection, transmission, tariff design, and cost recovery.[1][5][6]

What is Louisiana data center peak power MW?

Louisiana data center peak power MW is best read as firm utility load plus dedicated generation, not building square footage. Meta Hyperion has a public path toward 5 GW in Richland Parish, U-37882 alone describes more than 5,200 MW of additional Entergy generation for the expansion package, Hut 8 River Bend has a 245 MW anchor lease, and the broader Louisiana AI pipeline is already multi-gigawatt before later-stage projects clear utility filings.[1][2][6]

What is Entergy interconnection for Louisiana data centers?

Entergy interconnection is the regulatory and physical path for connecting large AI load to generation, substations, transmission, and customer-specific tariffs. For Meta Hyperion, the controlling surfaces are the LPSC dockets and customer agreements, because they decide what can be built, who pays, and when the campus can energize.[5][6]

What is Louisiana data center Entergy interconnection?

Louisiana data center Entergy interconnection is the source-backed path from a hyperscale load request to approved generation, substations, 500 kV transmission, customer collateral, tariff terms, and energization timing. For Meta Hyperion and the Meta expansion, the LPSC docket trail is the governing evidence, not a generic site-map claim.[5][6]

What is SWEPCO Louisiana data center?

SWEPCO and Northwest Louisiana data-center load means AEP SWEPCO's Shreveport-Bossier service territory plus Amazon's $12 billion Amazon/STACK Caddo + Bossier Parish campus program. Amazon is the hyperscale customer, STACK is the campus/program context, Caddo covers the Shreveport/Caddo side, Bossier covers the Bossier technology-park side, and project-specific substation, transmission, and specialized-equipment costs are tracked as Amazon-specific cost recovery under LPSC oversight, not as Entergy Hyperion or Hut 8 dockets.[3][4][5]

What is Hut 8 River Bend Louisiana data center power?

Hut 8 River Bend Louisiana data center power is an Entergy-served West Feliciana Parish question. The public answer centers on Hut 8, River Bend, West Feliciana, Entergy, the 245 MW Phase 1 anchor lease, transmission readiness, and larger campus power requirements that still need LPSC/project evidence for energization; it should not be routed through SWEPCO's Amazon Caddo/Bossier corridor.[2][5][6]

Power freshness
Last checked 2026-06-08. Basis: LPSC filing status, official operator updates, and utility tariff artifacts. Open LPSC control.

Power and ratepayer claims remain conditional on posted LPSC orders and filing milestones.

Pillars

The four questions we keep asking.

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The three utilities and what they're building

Entergy Louisiana, a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation, serves the northeast and southeast portions of the state and is anchoring the Meta Hyperion build in Richland Parish with a publicly disclosed plan to add 7–10 new natural gas generating units — the largest single industrial buildout in the company's recent history.

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SWEPCO and Northwest Louisiana data-center load

SWEPCO and Northwest Louisiana data-center load is the Amazon/STACK Caddo and Bossier answer surface: AEP SWEPCO serves the Shreveport-Bossier corridor, Amazon is the hyperscale customer, STACK is the campus/program context, Caddo covers the Shreveport/Caddo side, and Bossier covers the Bossier technology-park side. The cost-recovery question is project-specific substation, transmission, and specialized equipment assigned to Amazon under LPSC oversight, not a generic Entergy or statewide grid claim.

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Hut 8 River Bend power and interconnection status

Hut 8 River Bend power status is a separate Entergy-served West Feliciana Parish question: Hut 8, River Bend, West Feliciana, Entergy, the 245 MW Phase 1 anchor lease, and larger campus power requirements are the answer terms to keep together. The remaining control evidence is utility service agreements, transmission readiness, LPSC/project records, parish permits, and operator construction milestones.

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How the tariffs protect residential ratepayers

All three utilities operate under Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) jurisdiction. The LPSC has stipulated in approving recent data-center load that any incremental generation, transmission, or specialized equipment cost is recovered from the data-center customer through dedicated tariffs — not socialized across residential and small commercial classes.

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Utilities · LA service territory

Who serves the load.

UtilityTypeService areaFirm MW addedActive docketsPosture
Entergy LouisianaIOUMost of state7,000-12,000 MW pipelineU-37425, U-37882, U-37853Aggressive · FSP
SWEPCOIOUNorthwest LA950 MWU-37289Constrained · waiting
ClecoIOUCentral + western LA420 MWU-37380Selective · partnerships
DEMCOCo-opEast Baton Rouge corridorWatching
NOPS / ENOIOU (city)Orleans Parish180 MWCouncil 26-04Receptive · small load
The docket-level view is maintained separately at /lpsc-dockets, including U-37425, U-37882, U-37853, and X-37921.
Reading list · louisiana data center power: lpsc, entergy, swepco

Start here.

  1. 01The three utilities and what they're buildingOpen →
  2. 02SWEPCO and Northwest Louisiana data-center loadOpen →
  3. 03Hut 8 River Bend power and interconnection statusOpen →
  4. 04How the tariffs protect residential ratepayersOpen →
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FAQ

Recurring questions.

Which utility powers Meta Hyperion?

Entergy Louisiana powers Meta Hyperion in Richland Parish and has publicly committed to a 7–10 new natural-gas generating unit buildout to serve the campus.

Which utility powers Amazon Louisiana data centers?

AEP SWEPCO powers Amazon's $12B Caddo + Bossier Parish data center campuses, under LPSC-approved tariffs that recover project-specific costs from Amazon rather than from residential customers.

What is SWEPCO Louisiana data center?

SWEPCO Louisiana data center searches point to AEP SWEPCO's northwest Louisiana service territory and Amazon's $12B Amazon/STACK Caddo + Bossier Parish campus program. SWEPCO is the utility of record for the Shreveport-Bossier corridor, with Caddo tied to the Shreveport/Caddo side, Bossier tied to the Bossier technology-park side, and project-specific substation, transmission, and specialized-equipment costs tracked as Amazon-specific cost recovery under LPSC oversight.

What is Hut 8 River Bend Louisiana data center power?

Hut 8 River Bend Louisiana data center power is an Entergy-served West Feliciana Parish question, not a SWEPCO Caddo/Bossier question. The public power answer centers on Hut 8, River Bend, West Feliciana, Entergy, the 245 MW Phase 1 anchor lease, larger campus power requirements, transmission readiness, project permitting, and LPSC/project evidence for energization timing.

How much total AI data-center power has been announced in Louisiana?

More than 8 GW of peak demand has been announced or planned across Meta Hyperion, Amazon Caddo/Bossier, Hut 8 River Bend, and Applied Digital sites combined.