Meta Richland Parish Data Center

Facts at a glance

Record ID

meta-richland-parish

Record type

campus

Developer

Not named in the cited records

Operator

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Owner

Owner of record not established

Tenant

Not named in the cited records

Capacity

Unknown No independently supported figure
Generic greater-than-1-GW and changing company compute-capacity statements are withheld from the counted field.

Location

Richland Parish, LA
approximate — Former Franklin Farm megasite between Rayville and Delhi.

Physical scale

Physical scale: Company/government announcement describes a four-million-square-foot campus on 2,250 acres.

What the sources support

Entergy Louisiana's March 2026 sworn testimony says construction on Project Laidley continued to ramp up; a 2025 LPSC order identifies the project as Meta's data center developed through Laidley LLC.

Definitions: record units · roles · capacity boundaries · lifecycle stages.

What remains unknown

• street address
• parcel
• reconciled electrical or critical IT capacity
• completion and operating dates

Sources

• Louisiana PSC Order No. U-37425 →Gov. recorddocket · retrieved 2026-09-12

  Exact location Overview and Procedural History, pp. 1-2

  What it supports Meta/Laidley relationship, existence and parish location.

• Direct Testimony of Phillip R. May →Gov. recorddocket · retrieved 2026-09-12

  Exact location Q13, testimony p. 12

  What it supports Construction was continuing to ramp up.

• Louisiana Economic Development Meta announcement →Gov. recordgovernment · retrieved 2026-09-12

  Exact location Summary bullets and announcement body

  What it supports Campus area, site acreage and named-site location; announced figures are not completed outcomes.

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