Meta can keep its data center details private, PSC decides

By: Wesley Muller

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: August 13, 2026

Words: 713

Last Updated: 5 days, 10 hours ago

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Social media giant Meta gets to keep records for its projected $50 billion data center secret after state utility regulators overturned a judge’s order to make them public.

The Louisiana Public Service Commission voted 3-1 Wednesday to overrule its administrative judge’s order that required Meta to disclose how it calculated publicized job projections and electricity needs for its Hyperion artificial intelligence data center campus in Richland Parish.

The vote fell along party lines, …

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