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Latest data center news, projects, power and policy across Louisiana — updated daily.
Recent Louisiana data center news
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Roundup: $499 toothbrush / Quicker delivery decisions / US job openings
OneRail has announced the launch of OmniStar, an AI-powered delivery platform built with Nvidia technology to help retailers choose more efficient and cost-effective delivery options.
- The platform uses OneRail’s data from millions of drivers and logistics partners and can reduce routing decisions from about 20 minutes to about 2 minutes.
- OneRail says OmniStar is designed to help smaller retailers cut costs and improve delivery competitiveness against Amazon and Walmart.
- This is a new product announcement referenced in a CNBC story, not a detailed customer deal or contract disclosure.
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Energy developer targets state’s growing power demand with Ascension project
One Nuclear has announced a binding letter of intent with a Louisiana landowner group to secure site control for Project Cayman, a proposed 2.88-gigawatt natural gas plant with battery energy storage and a co-located high-capacity data center campus.
- The project is located near RiverPlex MegaPark in Ascension Parish, Louisiana, and is intended to support the state’s industrial and technology sectors alongside Entergy’s transmission build-out.
- Community outreach is already underway, with public information meetings planned from September through December 2026; the company also cited SpaceX and Hyundai’s planned $5.8 billion steel mill as examples of regional power demand.
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Roundup: Femme Executive Health / Vintage fest / Microsoft employee concerns
Microsoft has addressed employee concerns about the environmental and community impacts of its expanding data center network.
- The company said AI growth has made its emissions goals harder to meet, and it is highlighting energy efficiency, water-use improvements, and plans for up to 40 gigawatts of renewable power.
- The article says Microsoft’s emissions rose 25% in 2025 amid data center expansion, and that the company is facing growing opposition to data centers; this is presented as a recent response, not a first-time project announcement.
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Roundup: $100K work visa fee / Merger talks collapse / AI satellites
SpaceX has announced a timeline for its first AI satellites, which Elon Musk says will serve as orbital data centers. - The first AI satellites, powered exclusively by Nvidia chips, are expected to launch in Q4 2027 and reach significant scale in 2028.
- SpaceX is seeking FCC approval for a constellation of up to one million satellites; the article also references separate U.S. policy and antitrust news involving the Department of Homeland Security and Paramount Skydance.
- This text is a news roundup/commentary referencing reported developments, not a standalone primary announcement from SpaceX.
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How AI is giving nuclear power a second chance
BWXT and Applied Atomics are reviving the mPower small modular reactor project to pursue new nuclear capacity for data centers and industrial customers.
- The article says BWXT ended development in 2017, after about $400 million had been invested, and the 120-foot-tall test facility outside Lynchburg, Virginia then sat unused for nearly a decade.
- Applied Atomics, founded by former SpaceX engineers, is partnering with BWXT on the project and says its first 195-megawatt reactor could eventually serve data centers and other industrial facilities; the companies are also exploring floating nuclear plants.
- The story frames this as a response to rising AI and data-centre power demand, while noting unresolved issues including construction costs, regulatory approval, radioactive waste storage, and safety concerns.
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LPSC weighs private power generation for large energy customers
Louisiana regulators are revisiting a proposal to change how large electricity users obtain power.
- Senate Bill 490 would have allowed large customers to develop private power generation instead of relying entirely on utilities such as Entergy; the idea has now resurfaced at the Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) since June.
- The proposed LPSC rule would bar existing factories and data centers already on utility service from leaving the regulated system, while industrial groups including the Louisiana Energy Users Group argue for case-by-case review and say some departures could reduce billions of dollars in new generation costs.
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Amazon is upping its data center commitment in northwest Louisiana by $6B
Amazon has announced an expanded planned investment in Northwest Louisiana, increasing its commitment from $12 billion to $18 billion with a third data center campus at Resilient Technology Park in Shreveport.
- The additional $6 billion investment is expected to create 210 direct jobs, bringing the project to as many as 750 direct jobs across three campuses.
- Amazon and STACK Infrastructure will continue development across Caddo and Bossier parishes; Amazon also plans to invest up to $400 million in public water infrastructure and says it has provided nearly $500,000 in grants since February.
- The data centers will primarily use air cooling, with water used when temperatures exceed approximately 85 degrees; construction is expected to support up to 2,250 jobs for local contractors, skilled tradespeople and suppliers.
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Why Ascension is prepping now for data centers
Ascension Parish leaders are preparing data center rules before any project has been proposed. - The article says no data center has come knocking on Ascension Parish’s door, but leaders want the rules written first. - The content is paywalled and only provides a brief teaser; it references last week as the time of the discussion and does not identify a specific company, project, or formal announcement.
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Tracking Pax Silica’s Evolution: A Timeline
ITIF published a timeline article tracking the evolution of Pax Silica and related government announcements on AI supply chains, infrastructure, and multilateral cooperation.
- The timeline compiles launches, accessions, working groups, and agreements from December 2025 to August 2026, including the Pax Silica Declaration, the AI Opportunity Statement, and the Pax Silica Fund.
- It also highlights concrete infrastructure and policy actions such as a 4,000-acre economic security zone in Luzon and the U.S. roundtable on American mining that secured over $2 billion in critical mineral projects and $180 million in workforce investments.
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Meta prevails as Louisiana regulators block disclosure of data center expansion records
Louisiana utility regulators have overturned an order that would have required Meta to provide records supporting projections for its Richland Parish data center.
- Regulators sided with Meta, reversing the administrative law judge’s ruling and allowing Meta to withhold underlying records from the Alliance for Affordable Energy and the Union of Concerned Scientists.
- Entergy Louisiana is seeking approval for seven natural-gas generators, three battery-storage projects, and hundreds of miles of transmission infrastructure; the commission is expected to consider the broader application in December.