Louisiana: data centers & your electric bill
As of October 1, 2026, AI GridWatch tracks 3 data center moratoriums or pushback actions in Louisiana: 1 in force, 2 expired, rejected or rescinded. The state has 30 tracked data center facilities using an estimated 0.5 TWh of electricity a year.
Everything GridWatch tracks in Louisiana on one page — proposed projects, moratoriums, permits, officials, and the 2026 ballot.
Subscribe by RSS — moratorium changes and community headlines for Louisiana.
As of July 2026 (3m ago) · changes over months · Source: U.S. Data Center Power Map by State — ElectricChoice.com compilation (updated July 2026; CC-BY 4.0). Underlying load research: LBNL 2024 US Data Center Energy Usage Report; rates: EIA
Facility counts vary by directory because each one draws the boundary differently — DataCenterMap lists 44 in Alabama where this table says 35, since it counts small network rooms alongside hyperscale campuses. Cite the TWh figure rather than the facility count when you can; it is the number that speaks to grid impact. Underlying load research is LBNL-2001637 (Dec 2024).
1Proposed data centers in Louisiana (3)
1 still live · 2 decided or withdrawn. Each name links to the full dossier — ownership, intelligence log, and where to read the paper trail.
| Project | Where | Size | Behind it | Stage | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AWS Caddo Parish | Caddo Parish | — | Amazon | In review | Source |
| Meta Hyperion | Richland Parish | 5,000 MW | Meta | Approved | Source read 2026-08-07 |
| Hut 8 / Google West Feliciana Parish | West Feliciana Parish | 1,000 MW | Hut 8 | Under construction | Source |
2Pushback already happening in Louisiana
| Where | Level | Status | Note | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caddo Parish | County | Rejectedterm not documented | Commissioners voted 6-4 (2 absent) against referring a proposed moratorium (Resolution 53) to the Planning & Zoning Commission. The moratorium would have paused data center construction in commercially/industrially zoned unincorporated areas. | SourceNews read 2026-09-06 |
| New Orleans | City | Enactedexpires 2027-01-28 | City Council voted 6-0 for a one-year moratorium on data centers, crypto mining facilities, and server farms while the City Planning Commission studies zoning definitions and permanent rules. Triggered by proposed MS Solar Grid Data facility in New Orleans East. Council President JP Morrell said the ban will likely become permanent. CPC deferred recommendations again in Aug 2026 citing water concerns; moratorium extendable to two years. | SourceNews read 2026-09-12 |
| St. Charles Parish | County | Rejectedterm not documented | Parish Council voted 5-3 against an 8-month moratorium on data centers. Instead chose immediate regulation; unanimously approved first data center zoning regulations in June 2026 (noise limits, buffer zones). | SourceNews read 2026-09-12 |
As of August 2026 (2m ago) · changes weekly — re-check before citing
Illustrative rather than exhaustive — dozens of localities churn weekly, and this tracks the ones we have read a source for. **Each row carries its own provenance.** Rows showing a verification date link to the ordinance, the enacting body's own page, or a datable report of the vote, and were read on that date. Rows marked *unverified* came from bulk compilation and have not been checked against a primary source — the locality, the year, and the status may all be off. Verify one of those with the town clerk before citing it as precedent. **Expiry is derived, not asserted.** A row with a documented end date flips to *Expired* on its own once that date passes. A time-limited moratorium whose start date was never documented keeps showing as enacted — that is a known gap, not a claim that it is still in force. Moratoriums are also routinely extended, so an expiry date is the earliest it could have ended, not proof that it did.
3Other Louisiana communities in the news (1)
Places with archived data-center coverage but no moratorium on file. Grouped automatically from headlines and not verified — a lead worth reading, not a claim to cite.
- Shreveport — 4 archived headlines
4Known data center campuses in Louisiana
| Operator | Location | Tenant | Filing LLC |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meta | Richland Parish | Meta | Codename shells: Greater Kudu, Raven Northbrook, Stadion, Wobniar, Pinnacle Mountain |
| Amazon (AWS) | Caddo / Bossier Parish | Amazon (AWS) | Vadata, Inc. — AWS's build/operating entity on many permits |
⏳ No verification date recorded · changes over months · Source: Operator ownership & filing-LLC naming patterns — compiled from operator releases and county filings, then checked against SEC EDGAR full-text search. Composite, not a single citation: look the entity up yourself before naming it in a filing
Each row carries its own attribution level — first-party rows come from the operator's own site, but colocation and REIT ownership was compiled from trade press and never passed an independent fact-check. Check the attribution column before citing a row.
5Every data center already built in Louisiana
The campuses above are the ones GridWatch tracks by operator and filing LLC. For the full inventory — street addresses of every existing facility, including the smaller colocation and network sites — DataCenterMap keeps a public directory for Louisiana.
Browse the Louisiana directory →
Two caveats before you cite it at a hearing: it lists facilities that already exist, so a newly proposed campus will not appear; and it counts a small network room the same as a hyperscale campus, so the facility count is not a measure of power draw or community impact.
6Your regulator
Louisiana Public Service Commission — website · file a complaint
Official state energy data: EIA Louisiana electricity profile — generation, prices, and consumption from the U.S. Energy Information Administration.
7Where the Louisiana paper trail lives
Air & environmental permits: Louisiana DEQ
Searchable register: LDEQ Electronic Document Management System — a public database you can search by facility or permit number.
Grid interconnection queue: MISO (Midwest & Gulf)
A routing hint only — several states are split between markets, and the serving utility is the only authority on which queue a given site is in.
These are places to look, not evidence that anything has been filed. Links were checked on 2026-08-21; search links are queries, not records.
8Your federal delegation and governor
Grades cross party — this is an issue axis, not a partisan one. A blank grade means no documented action was located, never that the official is neutral.
| Grade | Official | Documented action (sourced) | Reach them |
|---|---|---|---|
| C | Jeff Landry Republican · Governor | Courted Meta's $10B campus with a 20-year sales-tax exemption; later signed an order to protect utility ratepayers. — Gov. Landry — Meta $10B Louisiana data center (2025) | site · contact |
| — | Bill Cassidy Republican · Senator · on the 2026 ballot | No documented action on data centers located Accelerate Cassidy has praised Meta's Richland Parish data center for raising the local tax base and teacher pay. sources | site · contact |
| — | John Kennedy Republican · Senator · next on the ballot 2028 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | Steve Scalise Republican · Representative 1 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | Troy A. Carter Democratic · Representative 2 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | Clay Higgins Republican · Representative 3 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | Mike Johnson Republican · Representative 4 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | Julia Letlow Republican · Representative 5 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
| — | Cleo Fields Democratic · Representative 6 | No documented action on data centers located | site · contact |
Roster: regenerated by scripts/refresh_officials.py (Senate XML + congress-legislators + current governors).
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92026 U.S. Senate race
PVI R+11 · Seat held by Bill Cassidy (Republican) · Incumbent lost renomination
Jamie Davis (Democratic) No record found
No documented statement or action on data centers located. Not scored — see how this page treats silence.
Julia Letlow (Republican) No record found
No documented statement or action on data centers located. Not scored — see how this page treats silence.
Tech & utility PAC money: $22,000 from 5 committees (FEC, cycle 2026, pulled 2026-08-26) — FEC record
Ballot roster: state candidate list (read 2026-08-25).
102026 U.S. House races in Louisiana (6)
A documented data-center record exists in 4 of 6 districts. A candidate with no badge colour has said nothing we could locate — that is a gap in the record, not a neutral position. ★ marks an incumbent.
| District | PVI | Incumbent | Candidates |
|---|---|---|---|
| LA-1 | R+20 | Steve Scalise | Steve Scalise ★ Lauren Jewett Randall Arrington Liddy Glass |
| LA-2 | D+25 | Troy Carter | Troy Carter ★ Peter Williams Renada Collins Lisa Ballay Walter Beach |
| LA-3 | R+18 | Clay Higgins | Clay Higgins ★ Caleb Walker John Day Kate Cotten Priscilla Gonzalez Tia LeBrun |
| LA-4 | R+17 | Mike Johnson | Mike Johnson ★ Conrad Cable Matt Gromlich Mike Nichols |
| LA-5 | R+17 | Julia Letlow | Antonio Wilson Austin Magee Dan McKay Gabe Firment Michael Echols Misti Cordell Omar Dantzler Stewart Cathey Jr. |
| LA-6 | R+16 | Cleo Fields | Blake Miguez Chris Johnson Larry Davis Lindsay Garcia Michael Mebruer Monique Appeaning Pat Forbes Rick Edmonds Stephen Wagley Rufus Craig |
The documented records (4 districts)
LA-1
Steve Scalise (Republican) · incumbent Accelerate
Promotes data center benefits; suggested China behind anti-DC sentiment; backed Ratepayer Protection Act floor vote as Majority Leader
- Promoted data center benefits, citing Richland Parish Meta center teacher bonuses: 'They were able to give every single school teacher in that parish a $50,000 bonus.' Said decisions should remain at the local level (2026-09-03 — source)
- Suggested China was behind anti-data-center sentiment: 'We are investigating whether China is behind a lot of this misinformation, false information against data centers.' Claimed to be finding social media bots controlled by Beijing opposing data centers (2026-09-04 — source)
- As Majority Leader, backed bringing the Ratepayer Protection Act to the House floor for a vote (2026-09-10 — source)
- Voted yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed 417-3 (roll call 312). It directs state utility commissions to consider rate designs making data centers with 100 MW or more of peak demand at one site pay the full incremental cost of the generation and grid upgrades they require. A near-unanimous vote: shown on the record, not scored on its own. (2026-09-16 — source)
Record read 2026-09-12.
LA-2
Troy Carter (Democratic) · incumbent Consensus vote only
On the record only for voting yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act (417-3). No other data-center record located yet.
- Voted yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed 417-3 (roll call 312). It directs state utility commissions to consider rate designs making data centers with 100 MW or more of peak demand at one site pay the full incremental cost of the generation and grid upgrades they require. A near-unanimous vote: shown on the record, not scored on its own. (2026-09-16 — source)
Record read 2026-09-22.
LA-3
Clay Higgins (Republican) · incumbent Consensus vote only
On the record only for voting yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act (417-3). No other data-center record located yet.
- Voted yes on H.R. 9340, the Ratepayer Protection Act, which passed 417-3 (roll call 312). It directs state utility commissions to consider rate designs making data centers with 100 MW or more of peak demand at one site pay the full incremental cost of the generation and grid upgrades they require. A near-unanimous vote: shown on the record, not scored on its own. (2026-09-16 — source)
Record read 2026-09-22.
LA-4
Mike Johnson (Republican) · incumbent Mixed
Opposes moratoriums and frames DC buildout as AI race vs China; but also scheduled Ratepayer Protection Act for House floor vote
- Warned that 'a broad moratorium against data centers is kind of a dangerous prospect' and said 'We're in a race with China on that AI race'; campaigned against data center moratoriums in Michigan swing seat (2026-08-18 — source)
- As Speaker, brought the Ratepayer Protection Act (H.R. 9340) to the House floor for a vote — bipartisan bill requiring state utility regulators to consider rules making data centers cover costs of new power generation (2026-09-10 — source)
Record read 2026-09-12.
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