Data center hype faces AI regulation and community resistance

By: Ned Randolph

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: May 7, 2026

Words: 805

Last Updated: 2 months, 3 weeks ago

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Maybe it’s buyer’s remorse.

After Louisiana officials welcomed hyperscale data centers with extractive tax rebates and secretive dealings, a bipartisan wave of resistance is brewing to restrict the very artificial technology the facilities were built to create.

At least three major data centers are coming to Louisiana, the largest being the Manhattan-sized Meta “Hyperion” project in Richland Parish that will take 10 new natural gas plants to power. Its registered water use …

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