AI Data Centers
AWS's Third Shreveport Campus Costs $6B, With No Megawatts
Louisiana's total reaches $18bn and 750 jobs across three campuses — with dollars standing in for the only number that describes a data centre.
Aug 19, 2026
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US AI Regulation
Louisiana Adds AI Deepfake Ad Rules Beside Hard-Labor Penalties
House Bill 119 took effect on August 1 with sentences of five to twenty years for AI-generated sexual imagery of minors. A second law in the same batch put AI disclosure onto political advertising three months before the midterms.
Aug 2, 2026
Meta AI
Meta Doubles Down on Its Louisiana 'Hyperion' Data Center, Now 5 GW and $50B+
Meta will scale its Richland Parish AI campus from 2 to 5 gigawatts and more than double committed spending past $50 billion, as Louisiana signs off on a 20-year sales-tax break for a site whose lifetime cost could top $250 billion.
Jul 14, 2026
