'Louisiana Has Officially Sold Its Soul': State Republicans Slammed After Allowing Meta to Keep Data Center Details Private

Acadiana officials helped shield Meta from scrutiny over its data center

The Acadiana region has largely remained quiet on the data center front, as corporations like Meta and Applied Digital build out their energy-intensive operations in largely rural areas such as Richland Parish or near Boyce, a town of just shy of 900 people, in Rapides Parish.  But decisions regarding the power generation for these centers, which are within the purview of the Louisiana Public Service Commission, could potentially affect ratepaye…

'Louisiana Has Officially Sold Its Soul': State Republicans Slammed After Allowing Meta to Keep Data Center Details Private

Louisiana regulators have recently allowed Meta’s Hyperion data center records to remain secret, overturning a previous order from a local administrative law judge. Louisiana residents reacted with anger to this development, blaming the Republican Party for it. As reported by the Louisiana Illuminator, the Louisiana Public Service Commission decided in a 3-1 vote that the $50 billion data center was not legally obliged to disclose how it calcula…