Richland Parish, Louisiana is located approximately 300 miles northeast of major Texas datacenters in the Dallas-Fort Worth region and has no direct infrastructure connection to Texas datacenter operations.
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In Louisiana, the Public Service Commission voted 4-1 to fast-track Entergy's application for seven additional gas-fired plants totaling 7,400 MW to serve Meta's $27 billion Richland Parish facility alone, more than half Entergy's current statewide output.