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re: Companies are increasingly eyeing Louisiana for data center projects
Posted on 9/24/25 at 9:24 am to kmcmah1
Posted on 9/24/25 at 9:24 am to kmcmah1
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These data centers absolutely destroy small cities and towns.
This thing is in the middle of nowhere, which is part of the reason why it was chosen
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Posted on 9/24/25 at 9:24 am to kmcmah1
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These data centers absolutely destroy small cities and towns.
have any existed long enough for us to have actual evidence of this?
Posted on 9/24/25 at 9:43 am to ragincajun03
A huge Meta data center in West Feliciana Parish is in the planning stage right now. Entergy is involved.
Posted on 9/24/25 at 9:45 am to ragincajun03
Selling good farm land for this bullshite
RIP small town life
RIP small town life
Posted on 9/24/25 at 9:46 am to Salmon
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Cheap land. Natural gas in close proximity. And plenty of water.
Makes sense.
+ Lots of sparsely populated areas
+ Doesn't need a considerable workforce long term (minimal need for local talent or to be attractive to outside talent).
Posted on 9/24/25 at 9:48 am to ragincajun03
Electricity is about to get expensive like housing. Not everyone will get to run the A/C.
Posted on 9/24/25 at 9:48 am to ipodking
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Selling good farm land for this bullshite
It's less egregious than solar farms but I agree. It's going to get worse, probably exponentially. Computing power and data storage "needs" are on the moonshot.
"Needs" being in quotation because I don't think social media "needs" to exist at all but it's here to stay./
Posted on 9/24/25 at 9:53 am to Baers Foot
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The benefit sold is 300-500 jobs created. Those figures are undoubtedly mostly temporary construction workers, with data centers only needing anywhere from 20-100 people to operate.
Lmao. You should take a ride out to Holly Ridge. It's the largest construction site in North America. It is massive. It's also a logistical clusterfrick for those of us who live around here.
Posted on 9/24/25 at 9:56 am to Baers Foot
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The benefit sold is 300-500 jobs created.
Honestly....100 jobs would be a game changer in some of these communities. Not to mention whatever the power plants hire.
Posted on 9/24/25 at 9:57 am to LSUballs
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This post was edited on 9/24/25 at 10:03 am
Posted on 9/24/25 at 9:59 am to 2BRKnot
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A huge Meta data center in West Feliciana Parish is in the planning stage right now. Entergy is involved.
That one is not Meta. It's a company called Hut-8. Not anywhere close to the size and magnitude of the Meta job in Holly Ridge. Gonna be part bitcoin mining and part data center - they will actually be renting out cloud space on their servers to 3rd party.
Posted on 9/24/25 at 10:02 am to kmcmah1
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These data centers absolutely destroy small cities and towns.
This is LA, there wasn't much there to begin with
Population loss in some of these small parishes has already destroyed them, especially in Northeast LA
This post was edited on 9/24/25 at 10:05 am
Posted on 9/24/25 at 10:09 am to chalmetteowl
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This is LA, there wasn't much there to begin with
That's kind of the reality. Outsourcing textile industry and the decline of our forestry products industry has already gutted many of these places. A few hundred jobs between a powerplant and a data center could only help.
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Population loss in some of these small parishes has already destroyed them, especially in Northeast LA
Highway 425 between Natchez and Rayville may be one of the saddest parts of this country. Almost every town is dead or dying.
I thought LA1 north of Simmesport was bad.....but it's got nothing on Highway 425.
This post was edited on 9/24/25 at 10:12 am
Posted on 9/24/25 at 10:15 am to dewster
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LA
Highway 425 between Natchez and Rayville may be one of the saddest parts of this country. Almost every town is dead or dying.
I thought LA1 north of Simmesport was bad.....but it's got nothing on Highway 425.
There are whole LHSAA districts from the 90s where none of the schools exist anymore
Posted on 9/24/25 at 10:37 am to ipodking
The family that sold the site land would disagree with you. Can you say generational wealth?
Posted on 9/24/25 at 10:42 am to Salmon
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Cheap land. Natural gas in close proximity. And plenty of water.
Makes sense.
It does make sense but other states are putting out propaganda.
Classic NIMBY
Posted on 9/24/25 at 10:42 am to Pettifogger
I’m not a huge fan of these centers, but right now we need anything. I’m sure we gave away the farm to get them here. But even the initial construction will be hugely impactful to these surrounding areas.
Posted on 9/24/25 at 10:47 am to bad93ex
I mean...I, personally, would hate it I lived in a rural area and a massive data center were built nearby. I get it.
I don't love the idea of destroying land just for AI needs, especially considering how I oppose AI just from a moral perspective.
But I also understand why certain areas are attractive for these centers. I work in O&G and they see these centers as massive customers, not just for energy, but also for potential water re-use.
I don't love the idea of destroying land just for AI needs, especially considering how I oppose AI just from a moral perspective.
But I also understand why certain areas are attractive for these centers. I work in O&G and they see these centers as massive customers, not just for energy, but also for potential water re-use.
Posted on 9/24/25 at 10:51 am to tigerfoot
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I’m not a huge fan of these centers, but right now we need anything. I’m sure we gave away the farm to get them here. But even the initial construction will be hugely impactful to these surrounding areas.
Not only that, but Louisiana, and MISO South for that matter, has a huge power capacity shortage by 2030 due to units being decommissioned and no new ones coming online. That could potentially drive capacity prices up which are a part of everyone's bill. If Entergy can get these 3 plants in (one has already been approved to be studied in the first phase of MISO's Eras program), then that would bring much needed capacity to the state. While I realize that the data center will be the offtaker of most of it, they are building more than the data centers require. This is a good thing.
Posted on 9/24/25 at 10:57 am to SaintEB
That landmark deal, negotiated with Entergy Louisiana, includes three new natural gas plants and grid upgrades—costs Entergy insists won’t significantly raise customer bills. Regulators hailed it as a “once-in-a-generation investment opportunity.”
Define the term significantly.
Define the term significantly.
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