Meta Inks 172MW Solar PPA with Lightsource BP in Acadia Parish, Louisiana

How Meta got everything it wanted in a secret Louisiana data centre deal

A Louisiana state legislative committee was about to consider a bill in April 2024 when Richard Nelson, then the state’s revenue secretary, received an...

Meta expands Louisiana Hyperion data center to 5 gigawatts

The Richland Parish project, originally announced at $10 billion, has grown into one of the largest AI infrastructure investments in the world

Meta inks 172MW solar PPA with Lightsource BP in Acadia Parish, Louisiana

Construction on the solar farm expected to start this year

Secret Louisiana Meta Data Center Deal!

The NewYorkTimes.com reported that “A Louisiana state legislative committee was about to consider a bill in April 2024 when Richard Nelson, then the state’s revenue secretary, received an urgent message from Gov. Jeff Landry. Get the bill passed, the newly elected Republican governor told him, because they needed it for something else.”  The July 27, 2026 article entitled “How Meta Got Everything It Wanted in a Secret Louisiana Data Center Deal”…