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re: CNBC: To land Meta’s massive $10 billion data center, Louisiana pulled out all the stops
Posted on 6/25/25 at 6:56 pm to DeCat ODahouse
Posted on 6/25/25 at 6:56 pm to DeCat ODahouse
You are correct. Entergy is not being truthful and I'm about to really shock you. The ones they get elected on the PSC are the ones in their back pocket that literally rubber stamp any thing Entergy asks for. The residential customers are about to get bent over a barrel due to Amazon and meta requiring so much energy.
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Posted on 6/25/25 at 7:00 pm to Chicken
I'm expecting the trailer parks to do well at first. Who knows how it will play out in the long run? The real money was probably made before we ever heard of it.
I was driving through Sterlington today and a once thriving soybean patch now has aluminum posts sticking up out of the ground, getting ready for a solar panel farm.
I was driving through Sterlington today and a once thriving soybean patch now has aluminum posts sticking up out of the ground, getting ready for a solar panel farm.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 7:12 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
That solar farm is actually being constructed by Entergy. It's one of their first ones they are building themselves instead of a 3rd party building and then selling it Entergy for 3x what it cost
Posted on 6/25/25 at 7:17 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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This will bring in millions upon millions of tax dollars to Richland parish
Recurring? How?
Posted on 6/25/25 at 7:27 pm to F1y0n7h3W4LL
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I'm expecting the trailer parks to do well at first.
Yep, also Casinos in Vicksburg, is there still a strip club in Mound? Both will capitalize on construction period
Posted on 6/25/25 at 7:33 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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I'd love to see that old poster IB Freeman's take on this.
what could have ever happened to him? Where is he these days when we need to hear from him?
Posted on 6/25/25 at 7:56 pm to Chicken
Went there today. Obviously its just dirt work now, miles of dirt work
Posted on 6/25/25 at 8:02 pm to pbro62
Ain't much coming in for a got damn data center after it's up and running
Posted on 6/25/25 at 8:04 pm to Chicken
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Hundreds, if not thousands of racks............
Posted on 6/25/25 at 8:16 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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Racks, shelves, conduits, all sorts of shite doesn’t qualify for the exemption Edit: conduit actually does qualify for the Louisiana exemption. It does not in Texas
Everything you listed qualifies for the exemption
ETA: just to laugh at your stupidity a bit more…
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3)(a) "Data center equipment" means equipment or software purchased or leased for the processing, storage, retrieval, or communication of data including all of the following:
(i) Servers, routers, connections, and other enabling machinery, equipment, software, and hardware, regardless of whether the property is affixed to or incorporated into immovable property used in the processing, storage, retrieval, or communication of data.
(ii) Equipment used in the operation of computer equipment or software, including component parts, refreshments, replacements, and upgrades, regardless of whether the property is affixed to or incorporated into immovable property.
(iii) Equipment necessary for the transformation, generation, distribution, or management of electricity required to operate computer server equipment, including substations, generators, uninterruptible energy equipment, fuel piping and storage, cabling, duct banks, switches, switchboards, batteries, testing equipment, and backup generators.
(iv) Equipment necessary to cool and maintain a controlled environment for the operation of computer servers and the data center, including chillers, refrigerant piping, fuel piping and storage, adiabatic and free cooling systems, cooling towers, water softeners, air handling units, indoor direct exchange units, fans, ducting, and filters.
(v) Water conservation systems, including facilities or equipment designed to collect, conserve, and reuse water.
(vi) Computer server equipment, including chassis, networking equipment, switches, racks, fiber optic and copper cabling, trays, and conduit.
(vii) Monitoring equipment and security systems.
(viii) Conduits, ducting, and fiber-optic and copper cabling, including any such items that are located outside of the data center but within Louisiana, directly related to connecting one or more distributed approved data center locations.
(ix) Equipment, materials, and services necessary for the development, acquisition, construction, expansion, and renovation of a qualified data center, including but not limited to construction and building materials, site characterization and assessment services, engineering services, and design services used directly and exclusively in a qualified data center.
(x) Modular data centers and pre-assembled components used in the manufacturing of such centers.
(xi) Pre-assembled components of any item listed in this Subparagraph.
(b) The term "data center equipment" shall not mean office equipment or supplies, equipment or supplies used primarily in sales activities or transportation activities, tangible personal property not listed in Subparagraph (a) of this Paragraph that is incorporated into immovable property, and tangible personal property that is rented or leased for a term of one year or less.
From here on out, sub paragraph a, part vi of this bill shall forever be known as the “Mingo doesn’t know jack shite” clause.
This post was edited on 6/25/25 at 8:29 pm
Posted on 6/25/25 at 8:18 pm to jeffsdad
Stop by Transylvania and see my buddy Dale.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 8:19 pm to slidingstop
quote:i think they mean Louisiana residents
local utility Entergy said it could deliver.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 8:21 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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Let me know when you actually qualify data centers. I’ve done so many times
To be so arrogant and so wrong is pretty impressive. This thread was some of your best/worst work.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 8:22 pm to Chicken
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"Will it be worth it?"
Hell, I'm 68 years old and have seen enough BS in the state of LA just be hopeful they get the damn thing built.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 8:47 pm to Chicken
There are two $10 billion data centers under construction in MS. One has two buildings in Madison County and the other has four buildings in Lauderdale County. These things are all the rave these days.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 8:59 pm to Jim Rockford
quote:Folks from somewhere else who transfer in with school-aged kids generally ain’t sending them to Richland Parish schools.
Translation: The local schools will have to absorb several hundred new students with no increase in funds to offset the impact. When I heard of the project I thought if nothing else panned out the sales tax revenue would be a big infusion to the local economy. The exemption changes that calculation quite a bit.
They’re living elsewhere (and the kids going to school there) or Mom is commuting the kids to schools elsewhere.
No offense to Richland Parish but fax.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 9:03 pm to Chicken
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Will it be worth it?"
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and the local utility will supply three new power plants.
Yes
Posted on 6/25/25 at 9:16 pm to Civildawg
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That solar farm is actually being constructed by Entergy. It's one of their first ones they are building themselves instead of a 3rd party building and then selling it Entergy for 3x what it cost
Third-party deals are typically significantly cheaper than utility-owned deals due to third-parties having a lower cost of capital.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 9:45 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
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Texas, North Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama among others are fighting for these things
Give me a dollar figure of how much $$$ Texas paid or has offered for one.
Posted on 6/25/25 at 9:48 pm to ItzMe1972
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if you know how monopolistic utilities work that means consumers make up the difference.
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Entergy has requested regulatory approval to shift a significant portion of the infrastructure costs—up to $470 million for the transmission line and potentially much more for the power plants—onto its customer base
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