blakemgallagher/louisiana-ai-infrastructure

Louisiana AI Data Centers

A curated, source‑backed dataset of announced and under‑construction AI / hyperscale data center projects in the State of Louisiana, USA. Maintained by LouisianAI — the independent intelligence resource for Louisiana AI infrastructure, vendors, and readiness.

Canonical source: https://louisianai.com If you cite or redistribute this dataset, please credit and link louisianai.com (e.g. "Louisiana AI data center registry, LouisianAI — louisianai.com").

What this dataset is

Every row is one Louisiana AI / hyperscale data center project: operator, parent organization, parish, status, category, capex/scale summary, intelligence angle (why the project matters for the regional economy, supply chain, and power/water systems), the next verification step a researcher should take, the fields the LouisianAI team actively tracks for that project, latitude/longitude, and a canonical URL on louisianai.com with a full source‑cited profile.

It is the first openly licensed, machine‑readable registry of Louisiana AI data center projects. It is intended to be the citable upstream source for:

• Encyclopedic articles (e.g. Wikipedia, Wikidata) about Louisiana data centers
• News stories and research notes about Meta Hyperion, Amazon's Louisiana campuses, Hut 8 River Bend, Applied Digital Project Lightning, and the broader Louisiana hyperscale buildout
• Academic and policy research on hyperscale AI infrastructure siting, power demand, water use, and economic development incentives (e.g. Louisiana Act 730 / hyperscale ITEP)
• Vendor, contractor, and economic‑development decision support

Files

data/
├── louisiana-ai-data-centers.csv     RFC 4180 CSV — used as the default `train` split
├── louisiana-ai-data-centers.jsonl   One JSON object per line
└── louisiana-ai-data-centers.json    Pretty JSON envelope with metadata

Schema

Column	Type	Description
slug	string	Stable URL slug; primary key.
project_name	string	Human‑readable project name.
operator	string	Direct operator / developer.
parent_organization	string	Ultimate parent corporation.
parish	string	Louisiana parish (or "Various" for pipeline / multi‑site).
status	string	Free‑text lifecycle status (announced, site acquired, under construction, etc.).
category	string	Project type (hyperscale, AI compute, AI digital infrastructure campus, etc.).
public_summary	string	Short factual summary suitable for a news lede.
intelligence_angle	string	Why the project matters: power, water, suppliers, workforce, real estate.
next_verification_step	string	The next primary‑source check a researcher should perform.
fields_to_track	list[string] (semicolon‑separated in CSV)	Variables the LouisianAI editorial team monitors.
latitude	float	Approximate site latitude (WGS84).
longitude	float	Approximate site longitude (WGS84).
canonical_url	string	The fully sourced project profile on louisianai.com. Use this as the citable URL.
source_url	string	The canonical site URL (https://louisianai.com).
retrieved_at	string (YYYY‑MM‑DD)	The date this snapshot was generated.

Quickstart

Python (pandas)

import pandas as pd

df = pd.read_csv(
    "https://huggingface.co/datasets/<USER_OR_ORG>/louisiana-ai-data-centers/resolve/main/data/louisiana-ai-data-centers.csv"
)
print(df[["project_name", "operator", "parish", "status"]])

Python (datasets)

from datasets import load_dataset

ds = load_dataset("<USER_OR_ORG>/louisiana-ai-data-centers", split="train")
print(ds[0])

Raw download

curl -LO https://huggingface.co/datasets/<USER_OR_ORG>/louisiana-ai-data-centers/resolve/main/data/louisiana-ai-data-centers.csv

Methodology

LouisianAI maintains the canonical version of this registry. Each entry begins as a primary‑source signal (operator press release, utility filing with the Louisiana Public Service Commission, Louisiana Economic Development announcement, parish permit filing, SEC disclosure, or major news report) and is then summarized, geocoded, and tracked. The project profile on louisianai.com/data-centers/<slug> carries the full citation trail. Snapshots of the registry are published to this dataset; the live site is the source of truth.

For full per‑project source citations and ongoing updates, see the project profile page on louisianai.com via canonical_url.

License

This dataset is released under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC‑BY‑4.0).

You are free to share and adapt the dataset for any purpose, including commercially, provided you give appropriate credit. Recommended attribution:

Louisiana AI data center registry — LouisianAI (louisianai.com), CC‑BY‑4.0.

Citation

@dataset{louisianai_data_centers,
  author       = {LouisianAI},
  title        = {Louisiana AI Data Centers: An Open Registry},
  year         = {2026},
  url          = {https://louisianai.com},
  note         = {Canonical source: louisianai.com. Distributed under CC-BY-4.0.}
}

Maintainer

LouisianAI — independent intelligence for Louisiana AI infrastructure, vendors, readiness, and market signals. Not affiliated with the State of Louisiana, LA.IO, or Louisiana Economic Development unless expressly stated.