Lawsuit challenges Landry-backed ‘lightning’ speed approval for data center power projects

By: Elise Plunk

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: November 9, 2026

Words: 837

Last Updated: 1 hour, 33 minutes ago

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A group of Louisiana landowners and community advocates are suing the Louisiana Public Service Commission over its procedure to fast-track large utility projects in the name of economic development. It comes as regulators are poised to give expedited approval to a power project linked to the massive $50 billion Meta Hyperion data center campus in Richland Parish.

The lawsuit, filed Monday with a state court in Baton Rouge, lists the Louisiana Landowners …

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