Entergy Louisiana announced plans to invest in modern, efficient generation facilities and robust transmission infrastructure to support the region and Meta’s data center representing a $10 billion in investment in Richland Parish. Once completed, it will be Meta’s largest data center at more than 4-million square feet.
To support the Richland Parish Data Center, as well as broader economic development in the state and company’s growing customer base, Entergy Louisiana will:
- Build three combined-cycle combustion turbines with a combined capacity of 2,260 megawatts, two of which will be in Richland Parish
- Construct two Entergy-owned substations and six customer-owned substations
- Install nearly 100 miles of 500kV transmission lines and eight new 230kV transmission lines
- Upgrade existing infrastructure, including a substation near Sterlington
The new generators will initially support the ability to utilize 30% hydrogen co-firing and, through future upgrades, the ability to transition to 100% hydrogen and incorporate carbon capture and sequestration technology.
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Press release https://shorturl.at/kFHx5
