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Recent Louisiana data center news

• Dec 30, 2025

  Scorecard: Looking Back at Data Center Frontier’s 2025 Industry Predictions

  Data Center Frontier published a 2025 scorecard grading eight data center industry trends and issued verdicts on each, emphasizing that power, cooling, and utility coordination dominated what shaped the industry in 2025.

  • Main announcement: Data Center Frontier released a year-end scorecard evaluating eight core trends with graded verdicts (e.g., “VERDICT: MASSIVE HIT” for power constraints and hyperscale megacampuses; “VERDICT: STRONG HIT” for natural gas bridging supply). The article cites specific figures and deals including estimates that U.S. data center energy use could reach up to 12% of U.S. electricity by 2028 (Congressional Research Service), a reported $120+ billion of AI data center spending shifted off balance sheets (Financial Times), and Alphabet’s $4.75 billion acquisition of Intersect Power to align energy and compute deployment timelines.
  • Background and details: The piece documents operational shifts in 2025—liquid direct-to-chip cooling moved to baseline design assumptions (TrendForce: DLC adoption ~33% in 2025), natural gas and behind-the-meter generation emerged as fast-to-deploy reliability options (ExxonMobil’s 1.5-GW plant plans and CCS pairing), and quantum and immersion cooling progressed technically but remained “Too Early” for broad adoption. It also notes concrete geographic and market examples (record-low primary market vacancy at 1.6% per CBRE; secondary market growth in Central Ohio, Indiana, Louisiana, Utah, Colorado, North Carolina, Tennessee).
• Dec 29, 2025

  Roundup: LNG export deal / Beef prices / Hut 8

  Woodside Energy has signed a binding LNG supply deal with Turkey’s state-owned BOTAS.

  • Deal details: Woodside agreed to supply about 5.8 billion cubic meters of LNG to BOTASfor up to nine years starting in 2030, converting a prior nonbinding agreement; most volumes are expected to come from Woodside’s under-construction Louisiana LNG project, which was approved in April and is slated to start deliveries in 2029 (source: Reuters).
  • Other announcements/background:Jacobs will serve as engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) partner for the $10 billion Hut 8 Louisiana data centre project, in collaboration with Vertiv; J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs will underwrite project-level financing expected to cover up to 85% of total costs (source: Construction Drive). Also noted: wholesale filet beef costs are up ~67% from prepandemic levels, with some operators reporting ~40% increases this year, squeezing steakhouses’ margins (source: The Wall Street Journal).
• Dec 22, 2025

  Roundup: Woman’s Hospital Foundation / New data center / Landry’s Greenland task 

  Moody’s Credit Ratings upgraded Woman’s Hospital Foundation to an A1 rating with a stable outlook.

  • Upgrade: Moody’s upgraded Woman’s Hospital Foundation to A1 with a stable outlook, citing strong financial performance, liquidity and market position; the upgrade reflects solid 2025 results, growth in cancer services, and expanded perinatal mental health and pediatric care, which Moody’s says strengthens the hospital’s long-term capacity to reinvest and grow.
  • Other briefing items:Shreveport permit: Shreveport City Council unanimously approved a permit for a 2.8 million-square-foot data center at Resilient Technology Park, overturning a prior planning commission denial after commissioners raised utilities, water usage, and environmental concerns; developers appealed the denial, arguing the city “can’t afford to turn down the project.” Special envoy: President Donald Trump appointed Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry as U.S. special envoy to Greenland; Landry said the assignment will not impact his role as governor. The article notes Greenland is a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark and references Trump’s prior statements about Greenland’s strategic importance.
• Dec 22, 2025

  Fast-tracked power plants put Louisiana ratepayers on the hook, critics say

  The Louisiana Public Service Commission adopted a new “lightning speed” approval pathway to accelerate power-plant approvals, potentially shifting costs onto regular utility customers.

  • Main action: The Commission voted 4–1 to adopt a “lightning speed” approval pathway that can cut regulatory timelines from years to as little as eight months, suspending competitive bidding and certain consumer protections, and allowing large customers to pay only half the cost of new power plants while the remainder could be borne by regular utility customers.
  • Background and context: The change is presented as aligning with Gov. Jeff Landry‘s economic development strategy and aimed at attracting massive investments (example cited: Meta’s northeast Louisiana AI data center); supporters tout faster approvals for industrial projects while critics warn it weakens transparency safeguards and exposes ratepayers to long-term financial risk if projects underperform or contracts lapse.
• Dec 22, 2025

  It's been another banner year for Today in Energy!

  The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has compiled a list of its most popular 2025 Today in Energy articles and announced that regular publications will resume on January 5, 2026.

  • The highlighted pieces cover LNG exports, propane exports, California gasoline prices, China’s role in battery mineral trade, the Strait of Hormuz oil chokepoint, electricity use for commercial computing vs. cooling/ventilation, global nuclear generation capacity concentration, and North American LNG export capacity growth.
  • The article functions as a year-end roundup, citing original publication dates in 2025 (and one in 2024), and provides direct links to each featured analysis while noting the temporary publication pause until January 5, 2026.
• Dec 19, 2025

  Broadband Industry Likes New Non-Deployment Bill

  Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W. Va.) introduced the SUCCESS for BEAD Act to ensure states use their full BEAD allocations and to allow specified “non-deployment” infrastructure and workforce uses tied to AI.

  • Main action: The bill would allow states to spend remaining BEAD allocations on wholesale fiber lines, mobile wireless infrastructure, submarine cables and landing stations, workforce development, mapping, and permitting reform, while explicitly excluding data centers as eligible uses. The Commerce Department estimates about $21 billion of the $42.45 billion BEAD program is currently unallocated for deployment; states would be required to hold another round of bidding for wholesale or backbone projects.
  • Background and additional details: The Trump administration rescinded approval for non-deployment activities in June and the President issued an executive order directing NTIA to produce a policy notice making states ineligible for non-deployment funds if they have “onerous” AI laws; NTIA Administrator Arielle Roth said the agency was still “operating under the assumption” states could use full allocations. The bill does not permit spending on adoption, affordability, or device/plan subsidies; the administration also canceled $2.75 billion in Digital Equity Act funding. Supporters include Fiber Broadband Association, INCOMPAS, WIA, USTelecom, Connected Nation, Competitive Carriers Association.
• Dec 18, 2025

  Climate Change Solutions - December 16, 2025

  The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) issues a Climate Change Solutions newsletter summarizing recent climate, energy, and environmental policy developments, briefings, and media coverage in the United States.

  • Newsletter content highlights articles on FEMA reform (FEMA Act, H.R.4669), ghost fishing gear in Hawaiʻi, and global green building standards (LEED, BREEAM), plus an EESI briefing on how the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (P.L. 119-21) changed 12 clean energy and efficiency tax incentives and how companies and consumers are adjusting.
  • Capitol Hill updates cover House passage or advancement of the Electric Supply Chain Act (H.R.3638), ePermit Act (H.R.4503), ESTUARIES Act (H.R.3962 / S.2063), and multiple PFAS bills (H.R.6668 / S.3457, H.R.6626 / S.3460, H.R.6667, S.3445, S.3446), as well as links to EESI legislative trackers, grid and industrial decarbonization briefings, and external media citations of EESI work on data centers, water use, and EERE investments.
• Dec 18, 2025

  Roundup: Inflation surprise / Louisiana Key Academy / A curious fusion / The prediction boom

  Trump Media announced a merger exceeding $6 billion with TAE Technologies to move into fusion power.

  • Merger announced: Trump Media is combining with TAE Technologies in a deal reported to exceed $6 billion, intended to move Trump Media into the fusion-power sector to help meet rising electricity demand driven by AI data centers (source: Reuters).
  • Other items in the bulletin:U.S. CPI eased to 2.7% year-on-year in November (previous month 3%; economists had forecast 3.1%), with economists warning of possible federal government shutdown distortions; Louisiana Key Academy acquired its Baton Rouge campus enabled by philanthropist Ryan D. “Jume” Jumonville (financial details undisclosed); prediction markets monthly volumes surged to more than $13 billion in November 2025 (platforms: Polymarket, Kalshi; up from under $100 million in early 2024).
• Dec 18, 2025

  Plug Power 2025: A Year of Momentum, Milestones, and Meaningful Progress

  Plug has published a year-end 2025 blog highlighting major operational milestones across its hydrogen electrolyzer, fuel cell, and production network businesses.

  • Electrolyzers & fuel cells: Plug shipped >185 MW of GenEco electrolyzers in 2025 (total >317 MW across 70+ units, operating on every continent except Antarctica) and deployed >3,100 GenDrive fuel cell units, growing the installed base to >72,000 units and completing >20 million hydrogen fuelings in 2025 and >1 billion fuelings cumulatively.
  • Hydrogen production & logistics: Its U.S. plants in Georgia, Tennessee, and Louisiana produced >4,600 metric tons of hydrogen in 2025 (Woodbine, GA >2,500 t, Charleston, TN 1,541 t, St. Gabriel, LA 561 t), with network capacity >40 tons/day, high uptimes (up to 99.7% availability) and an expanded logistics fleet of 34 liquid and 89 gas trailers, while new customer deals include 55 MW with Carlton Power (UK) and **8 GW with Allied Green Ammonia (Australia, Uzbekistan, UAE).
• Dec 17, 2025

  Hut 8 lands a massive partnership for its West Feliciana data center

  Hut 8 has announced a major partnership agreement.

  • Main announcement: Hut 8 has secured a multibillion-dollar partnership with Anthropic and Fluidstack that centers on Hut 8’s planned River Bend data center in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. The article states the deal is “multibillion-dollar” but does not disclose a specific dollar amount or implementation timeline.
  • Background/details: The report appears on Business Report and is behind a paywall; further specifics about the deal structure, operational commitments, timelines, or precise financial terms are not provided in the accessible excerpt.