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Richland Parish, Louisiana

Richland Parish, Louisiana has 6.5 GW of data centers on record, planned to operating, across 19 records, against 200 MW of generation operating inside the county. The queue adds 7 GW of planned generation across 18 projects, 1 of them past its listed in-service date.

Data as of Grid region: Midcontinent ISO (MISO)Refreshed monthly
6.5GW
data centers, planned to operating
19
data center records, not cancelled
77.1%
of Louisiana's data center MW
200MW
operating generation, 1 solar project
7GW
planned generation, 18 projects
1
data center developers active here
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Richland Parish and its neighbors

Counties shaded by data center MW on record, planned to operating. 2 of its 7 neighboring counties have pages of their own. The rest are in the member database.

East Carroll Caldwell Richland 6.5 GW Madison Morehouse no data centers Ouachita no data centers Franklin West Carroll
no data center MWunder 100 MW100 to 1,000 MW1,000 to 5,000 MW5,000 to 15,000 MW15,000 MW or more no page yet

Data center records planned, under construction and operating, data as of October 8, 2026.Hover a county for its numbers

Headline finding
32.5times

more data center MW than operating generation in the county. Richland Parish's own plants cover 3.1% of the load on record, and the planned pipeline adds 7 GW.

Data centers, planned to operating6.5 GW
Operating generation200 MW
Planned generation7 GW

Data centers by status

19 records, 6.5 GW

Under construction2.1 GW6 records, 32%
Planned4.4 GW13 records, 68%
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The data center pipeline

19 records list a year online or expected, from 2028 to 2032. The largest expected additions are 2.1 GW listed for 2028 and 1.4 GW for 2030.

Figure 1

Data center MW by year online or expected

Records not cancelled, by listed year. 2026 onward is planned or under construction.

Through 20252026 and later
01k2k3k 2,053 2028 2029 1,368 2030 1,026 2031 2032
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YearRecordsMW
202862,053
202931,026
203041,368
203131,026
203231,026
Source. FieldProspects database: ISO/RTO interconnection queues, EIA-860M and public data center filings, data as of October 8, 2026. 19 records with a year
Figure 2

Who is building in Richland

Data center developers by MW on record. Top 1 of 1.

Meta 6.5 GW 19 sites
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DeveloperSitesMW
Meta196,500
Members see all 1 developer, each campus they own here, and the people who run their site selection and energy procurement.
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Power generation in the county

1 plant operate inside Richland Parish, 200 MW of solar. The queue adds 7 GW across 18 projects, and one of them is past its listed in-service date.

Figure 3

Operating and planned generation by technology

MW in Richland Parish

OperatingPlanned
Natural GasPlanned 6.2 GW 16 projects
SolarOperating 200 MW 1 project
SolarPlanned 600 MW 1 project
Solar + Storage (Hybrid)Planned 150 MW 1 project
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TechnologyStatusProjectsMW
Natural GasPlanned166,242.4
SolarOperating1200
SolarPlanned1600
Solar + Storage (Hybrid)Planned1150
Operating: 200 MW. Planned: 7 GW. Even if every planned project is built, county generation would reach 7.2 GW against 6.5 GW of data centers.
Source: ISO queues and EIA-860M, via FieldProspects
Figure 4

Planned generation by listed in-service year

MW. Years before 2026 are past due.

Past dueDue 2026 or later
02k4k6k Snapshot year 150 2025 600 2026 2027 1,561 2028 2029 4,682 2030
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YearPlanned projectsMW
20251150
20261600
202700
202841,560.6
202900
2030124,681.8
1 project, 150 MW, was due before 2026

Richland Parish against its neighbors

None of the 2 neighboring counties with a page lists a data center record. Ouachita Parish has the most operating generation among them, 2 GW.

CountyData center recordsData center MWOperating generation MWPlanned generation MWData center MW per MW operating
Richland Parish this page 19
6,500
200
6,992 32.5x
Ouachita Parish 0
0
2,021
1,530 0x
Morehouse Parish 0
0
98
1,717 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.

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What changed since June 4, 2026

1 project in Richland Parish moved between the two snapshots. Counts and MW are below; the projects themselves are for members.

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0
added to a queue, 0 MW
0
came online, started construction or signed an interconnection agreement, 0 MW
1
cancelled, dropped or went inactive, 4.8 MW
0
slipped their in-service date, 0 MW

Every change in Richland Parish

Project, what changed, technology, MW and the dates that moved, for all 1 change.

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County: Richland Parish, LASince June 4, 2026 1 change
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Every record in Richland Parish

Campus or project name, developer, status, MW, year and the developer’s contacts, for all 38 records. Filter, sort and export to Excel.

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County: Richland Parish, LAStatus: all except cancelledSort: MW, largest first 38 records
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