The power play behind Hyperion, Mark Zuckerberg’s colossal data center being built in rural Louisiana

The power play behind Hyperion, Mark Zuckerberg’s colossal data center being built in rural Louisiana

$10 billion of investment. Code names to disguise projects and companies. Mixed opinions. Skyrocketing property values. And enough tax breaks to pay every state cop in Louisiana for seven years.

‘LaPolitics’: PSC to weigh contrasting proposals regarding big power users

As Louisiana officials work to promote economic growth, the question of how to provide enough power for the biggest users, while keeping costs down for everyone else, is going to keep coming up.  Two Louisiana Public Service Commission members from opposite sides of the political aisle are addressing that question in different ways in proposals that will be up for debate this week.  In September, Gov. Jeff Landry issued an executive order to est…