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Louisiana officials approve $10 billion Meta AI facility as questions about electricity costs remain

Regulators in Louisiana paved the way Wednesday for a Meta artificial intelligence facility to be built in the state. The Public Service Commission voted 4-1 in favor of the plan proposed by Louisiana ...
The Advocate3d

'It could turn Louisiana around': Hut 8 breaks ground on $2.5 billion West Feliciana data center

The first phase of construction will produce two 450,000-square-foot buildings, the first to be completed by the end of the ...

Entergy Louisiana gains regulatory approval for massive Meta power project

State utility regulators approved a plan Wednesday to install three natural-gas fueled power plants for the tech company Meta, which needs the electricity for a massive data center it’s building in ...
Baton Rouge Business Report1d

Roundup: Meta data center / Lowe’s acquiring FBM / $22B Texas data center

Fast-tracking a vote that was originally expected to happen two months from now, state utility regulators plan to decide Wednesday whether to approve a controversial power plant Entergy wants to build ...
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A Rush to Success? Or, Avoidance of Scrutiny? Questions Swirl on When to Begin Building $10 billion North Louisiana Data Center

Entergy is expected to ask members of the Louisiana Public Service Commission to speed up the approval process when the state ...
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MMR built refineries and power plants. Now this LSU-loving construction firm is riding the AI boom.

Baton Rouge-based MMR has quickly expanded from its core business building refineries, petrochemical plants and other nodes ...