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Recent Louisiana data center news

• Sep 25, 2026

  Livingston Parish adopts new rules for power plants, electric-generating facilities

  Livingston Parish has adopted its first comprehensive regulations governing power plants and electric-generating facilities.

  • The parish council voted 7-1 on Thursday to adopt an ordinance covering zoning, setback, and development standards for power plants and electric-generating facilities.
  • Council member Lonnie Watts cast the lone dissenting vote, and Council member Ricky Goff was absent; the article says the rules were adopted as the parish prepares for potential large-scale industrial growth.
• Sep 25, 2026

  Roundup: / Trump-Xi meeting / Iran’s peace offer / Anthropic’s cloud deal

  This article is a news roundup summarizing recent developments and a reported cloud infrastructure deal, rather than announcing a new action by the publication itself.

  • It covers Trump’s meeting with Xi Jinping, noting Trump called it “very productive” but gave no details on agreements involving trade, export controls, Taiwan, or AI.
  • It also summarizes Iran’s proposal to reopen the Strait of Hormuz and resume nuclear talks within seven days if conditions are accepted, and reports that Anthropic will pay Akamai Technologies at least $11.6 billion over seven years, potentially rising to about $20 billion, with Akamai expecting $1.7 billion in capex this year.
• Sep 25, 2026

  ‘LaPolitics’: Where carbon capture stands in Louisiana after Landry’s executive order

  Louisiana is keeping Gov. Jeff Landry’s executive order pausing review of new carbon capture and sequestration well permits in place, according to Department of Conservation and Energy Secretary Dustin Davidson.

  • Davidson said the state has spent the last 12 months reviewing the volume of applications already submitted and now has more resources to process the remaining queue, with roughly eight projects approved and five or six more to be reviewed.
  • He said some projects dropped off because financing wasn’t there or the projects were not promising, and noted the state has denied one application it did not believe could move forward responsibly.
• Sep 25, 2026

  Retired and Retiring Coal Plants Offer the Grid’s Fastest Path to New Capacity

  Briggs White argues that retiring coal plants should be repurposed as the grid’s fastest path to new capacity. This is a commentary article, not a first-time corporate announcement.

  • White says coal sites offer interconnection, transmission, water, industrial land, transportation access, and a trained workforce, making them attractive for data centers, manufacturing, electrification, solar, gas, and nuclear projects.
  • Examples cited include D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments’ 240-MW solar-and-storage project in DeSoto Parish, Louisiana; Xcel Energy’s Sherco site in Becker, Minnesota with 710 MW online today and 910 MW by 2029; and TerraPower’s Natrium reactor near the Naughton coal plant in Wyoming. The article also notes a 2022 study finding coal-site reuse could cut a new nuclear plant’s capital cost by 15% to 35% versus greenfield.
• Sep 24, 2026

  Tarana CEO Sees No Clear Successor to Video Driving Household Bandwidth Demand

  Tarana Wireless CEO Basil Alwan said slower household bandwidth growth is strengthening the case for fixed wireless broadband, while arguing that the biggest AI-related capacity demands will be inside data centers rather than at the home.

  • Alwan spoke at Tarana’s Connecting Communities Summit on Sept. 17 in Milpitas, California, saying average peak-hour home usage is about 5 to 7 Mbps and annual demand growth has slowed to 10% to 12% from 20% to 30%.
  • He said Tarana equipment serves about 330,000 homes across 1,358 U.S. counties and is already carrying service funded by the $42.5 billion BEAD program; he also cited a $18.5 million grant in northwest Louisiana to reach 7,460 locations.
• Sep 24, 2026

  Roundup: Workforce demands / 3-D printed turbines / US jobless claims

  Parallax has announced a $117 million funding round to develop smaller natural gas turbines for data center on-site power.

  • The California startup says it will use 3-D printing to simplify turbine manufacturing and target units producing about 10 megawatts.
  • Parallax plans to build its first prototype by the end of this year, test it next year, and begin delivering turbines in 2028 as demand for data center power equipment grows.
• Sep 24, 2026

  Louisiana’s next big industrial play could be nuclear

  The U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee is weighing a proposed $50 billion federal plan to create three nuclear innovation campuses in the United States.

  • The Department of Energy’s Nuclear Lifecycle Innovation Campus initiative would combine advanced reactors, nuclear fuel recycling, and data centers at three hubs, with candidate host states including Louisiana, Tennessee, Utah, Oklahoma, Idaho, and West Virginia.
  • Supporters say each hub could generate up to $10 billion in long-term local tax revenue and 25,000 jobs; the plan would also involve states agreeing to store nuclear waste and comes amid debate over the stalled Yucca Mountain project and federal responsibility for spent fuel.
• Sep 18, 2026

  Roundup: Data center watch / Level Homes / Smarter air traffic control

  Mississippi River mayors have announced tools to help communities evaluate data center proposals as AI and data storage demand grows.

  • The mayors are developing a “Wishlist” to assess risks and benefits, plus a fiscal framework covering public costs, resource use, and community benefits.
  • The story says more than 75% of member cities have already been approached about hosting AI infrastructure, with leaders urging communities to weigh impacts on water, utilities, and finances.
  • This is a report about a developing municipal response, not a direct project approval or contract announcement.
  • The article also references multiple data centers planned in Louisiana and across the South.
• Sep 17, 2026

  11 AI Bills Cleared Committee this Summer, But None Has Reached the House Floor

  Rep. Jay Obernolte said the bipartisan AI package he co-authored could be combined into a single bill for a House floor vote in December.

  • 11 bills from the Great American AI Act were split and routed to relevant committees; the House Science, Space and Technology Committee cleared the science-related bills in July, while the FRONTIER Act remains with the Energy and Commerce Committee.
  • The package includes preemption of some state AI laws for three years, frontier-model disclosure and risk-management requirements, and potential federalization of frontier safety laws in California, New York, and Illinois; Obernolte and Lori Trahan introduced the original 269-page draft on June 4, and Obernolte spoke at Tarana Wireless’ Connecting Communities Summit in Milpitas, California.
• Sep 17, 2026

  Roundup: Space Force academy / Louisiana Innovation / Data center power

  Louisiana has announced multiple state initiatives, including a bid to host a new U.S. Space Force national academy and an accelerated regulatory review for power to an AI data center.

  • Louisiana is seeking to host a new national academy for the U.S. Space Force after President Donald Trump signed an executive order and NASA opened applications to states; Steve Scalise, Gov. Jeff Landry’s administration, and GNO Inc. are working on the bid.
  • Louisiana Innovation secured $1.5 million annually for five years from NIST, with matching contributions taking the total to more than $15 million, to expand Louisiana Innovation Labs; the program will support AI, robotics, automation, advanced materials, and biotechnology across industries including energy, agribusiness, aerospace and defense, life sciences, and logistics.
  • State regulators agreed to speed up review of Cleco Power’s proposal to supply electricity to Applied Digital’s $3.6 billion AI data center in Rapides Parish; the project could reach roughly 430 MW by 2028, and the expedited process does not approve the proposal, with an evidentiary hearing still required.