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Data center fact sheet · county

Richland Parish, Louisiana

As of . Latest dated change shown: Aug 12, 2026. Source: Data Center Census (datacentercensus.com), CC BY 4.0.

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Tracked projects
1
1 under construction
Planned capacity
5 GW
1 project publishes a figure; 0 projects publish none
Moratorium actions
0
Upcoming hearings
1

Projects

ProjectStatusPlanned capacityDeveloper
Meta Hyperion
Holly Ridge
Under construction5 GWMeta

Pauses and local rules

No moratorium action on record.

Upcoming votes and hearings

  • Dec 16, 2026 Louisiana Public Service Commission: Scheduled final decision on Entergy Louisiana's proposed new gas plants for the Meta data center (Meta Hyperion)[1]

Latest changes

  • Aug 12, 2026 LPSC votes 3-1 to reject an administrative law judge's recommendation to make Meta job and power-demand information available through subpoenas (Meta Hyperion)[2]
  • Jul 13, 2026 Meta announces expansion to 5 GW and more than $50 billion investment (Meta Hyperion)[3]
  • Apr 16, 2026 LPSC votes 4-1 to fast-track Entergy's plan for seven new gas plants for the campus (Meta Hyperion)[4]
  • Feb 25, 2026 LPSC declines to investigate Meta's financing arrangement with Blue Owl Capital for the data center (Meta Hyperion)[5]
  • Jan 14, 2026 Alliance for Affordable Energy and Union of Concerned Scientists ask the LPSC to investigate Meta's new financing arrangement for Hyperion and review Entergy's prudence (Meta Hyperion)[6]
  • Aug 20, 2025 LPSC approves Entergy Louisiana's three combined-cycle gas plants (~3,000 MW) and transmission for the data center (Meta Hyperion)[7]

Notes

Planned capacity adds each record’s first published figure for projects not cancelled or denied; projects that publish none are never estimated. IT load is the power reaching computing equipment, so a total that includes it understates total power. Locations may be approximate where a record gives only a town or county. Counts cover tracked projects, not every data center.

Sources

  1. The Lens (republishing the Union of Concerned Scientists), “Meta hides data center info as it pushes more risks to Entergy's customers”, Aug 18, 2026. https://thelensnola.org/2026/08/18/meta-louisiana-data-center-ratepayer-costs/
  2. WWNO, “Louisiana PSC kills ruling that would force Meta to turn over key data center information”, Aug 12, 2026. https://www.wwno.org/politics/2026-08-12/louisiana-psc-kills-ruling-that-would-force-meta-to-turn-over-key-data-center-information
  3. Meta, “Deepening our investment in Richland Parish, Louisiana”, Jul 13, 2026. https://datacenters.atmeta.com/2026/07/deepening-our-investment-in-richland-parish-louisiana/
  4. Louisiana Radio Network, “LPSC approves request by Entergy Louisiana to fast-track gas power plant construction plan for Meta's Richland Parish data center”, Apr 16, 2026. https://louisianaradionetwork.com/2026/04/16/46165/
  5. Union of Concerned Scientists, “Louisiana Won't Investigate Risky Meta Data Center Financing”, Feb 25, 2026. https://www.ucs.org/about/news/louisiana-wont-investigate-risky-meta-data-center-financing
  6. Alliance for Affordable Energy and Union of Concerned Scientists (Earthjustice), “Motion for Investigation of the New Financial Arrangement of Meta Platforms, LLC Associated with the Hyperion Data Center Project in Richland Parish (LPSC Docket No. U-37425)”, Jan 14, 2026. https://www.all4energy.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/2026-01-14-U-37425-AAE-UCS-Mtn-for-Investigation.pdf
  7. Entergy, “Entergy Louisiana receives LPSC approval for major infrastructure investments to support Meta's data center and improve reliability”, Aug 20, 2025. https://www.entergy.com/news/entergy-louisiana-receives-lpsc-approval-for-major-infrastructure-investments-to-support-metas-data-center-and-improve-reliability

Each project record lists all of its sources and excerpts. Cite as: Data Center Census, “Data center fact sheet: Richland Parish, Louisiana,” October 14, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/fact-sheets/louisiana/richland-parish.