Rapides Parish, Louisiana
Rapides Parish, Louisiana has 430 MW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 2 records, against 1.8 GW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 598.6 MW of planned generation across 8 projects. That is 5.1% of Louisiana's data center MW.
Rapides Parish and its neighbors
Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 1 of its 7 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.
Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers
of the generation operating in the county is matched by data center MW on record: 430 MW of data centers against 1.8 GW of plants, with 598.6 MW more planned.
Data centers by status
2 records, 430 MW
The data center pipeline
2 records list a year online or expected, from 2027 to 2027. The largest expected additions are 430 MW listed for 2027.
Data center MW by year online or expected
Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.
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| Year | Records | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2027 | 2 | 430 |
Who is building in Rapides
Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.
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| Developer | Sites | MW |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Digital | 2 | 430 |
Power generation in the county
10 plants operate inside Rapides Parish, 1.8 GW. The queue adds 598.6 MW across 8 projects.
Operating and planned generation by technology
MW in Rapides Parish
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| Technology | Status | Projects | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petroleum Coke | Operating | 1 | 703.8 |
| Coal | Operating | 1 | 558 |
| Solar | Planned | 2 | 550 |
| Natural Gas | Operating | 8 | 510.6 |
| Hydro | Planned | 6 | 48.6 |
Planned generation by listed in-service year
MW. Years before 2026 are past due.
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| Year | Planned projects | MW |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 350 |
| 2027 | 1 | 200 |
| 2028 | 6 | 48.6 |
Rapides Parish against its neighbors
None of the 1 neighboring county with a page lists a data center record. Evangeline Parish has the most operating generation among them, 922.8 MW.
| County | Data center records | Data center MW | Operating generation MW | Planned generation MW | Data center MW per MW operating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rapides Parish this page | 2 | 599 | 0.24x | ||
| Evangeline Parish | 0 | 450 | 0x |
Data center MW counts records planned, under construction and operating. Generation is inside the county only. Neighbors without a page have fewer than three projects on record.
2 counties shownWhat changed since June 4, 2026
1 project in Rapides Parish moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.
Every change in Rapides Parish
Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.
| Project | Change | Technology | MW | Previous date | New date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Rows are hidden on public pages. Members see the project behind each change, its developer and the dates that moved.
Every record in Rapides Parish
Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 20 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.
| Project or campus | Developer | Status | MW | Year | Contacts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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