1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (602+ words) AI data centers were once treated as economic development trophies. Job-hungry states and financially strapped rural communities saw them as a way to grab a piece of the technology boom. The politics, however, have gotten messy nationwide. Data centers have…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (748+ words) Rumors have started swirling about a potential data center coming to Livingston Parish. In recent days, posts circulating on social media have claimed that one of the centers used by tech companies to power AI computing is on its way,…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (1417+ words) Jerry House needed a job. House had worked as a pipefitter for 10 years in Texas, but after the plant shut down last year, he called a buddy who said the giant Meta data center being built in northeast Louisiana needed…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (205+ words) A Cox Communications lineman working to reconnect lines. Charter Communications closed on its $34.5 billion purchase of Cox Communications Thursday, finalizing a deal that unites two of the largest cable companies in the U.S., both of which have a significant presence in…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (59+ words) SB.announcement.81826.00040_JMP.jpg The Advocate Keith Klein, Amazon Web Services director of AMER Data Center Supply Solutions, speaks during an economic development announcement Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026, at Government Plaza in Shreveport, La. Amazon Web Services announces third data center in NW…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago   (325+ words) The Hyperion Meta data center in Richland Parish, La. Louisiana State District 35 Rep. Brett Geymann has responded to rumors about a potential data center coming to southwest Louisiana. The rumors of data centers popping up around the state has gotten…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (483+ words) Ascension Parish President Clint Cointment, center, left, speaks from the lectern Thursday, July 1, 2021, to the Parish Council, sitting, right, at the historic Courthouse chambers in Donaldsonville. Cointment warned against recent violent threats and urged the public to call them out…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (231+ words) The Calcasieu Sheriff's Prison is pictured Thursday, February 27, 2025, in Lake Charles, La. A new phone scam has surfaced in southwest Louisiana, falsely claiming that the jail is overcrowded. On Monday, the Calcasieu Parish Sheriff’s Office warned area community members that…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (276+ words) St. Francisville Police Chief Chris Green briefed the Board of Aldermen during its July 14 meeting on an elaborate telephone scam that caused a local man to lose more than $300,000. Green said the victim, whom Green described as elderly, was contacted…...

2+ mon, 3+ day ago   (211+ words) Baton Rouge Radio Club -- Members of the Baton Rouge Radio Club hosted a 24-hour radio disaster training exercise on June 26 at the Highland Road Park Observatory. Shown are, from left, Steve Irving, Jon Reise, Russ London, St. George Mayor Dustin…...