Lifecycle label: construction; effective date not establishedEvidence: Independently source-linkedReuse: Reference only
Facts at a glance
Record ID
meta-richland-parish
Record type
campus
Evidence confidence
high DataCenterData’s confidence in this record’s sourced fields, not in the project
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 location — Former Franklin Farm megasite between Rayville and Delhi.
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.
Only values a cited source states for this site are shown; every other dimension is unknown. These are not national shares or rankings.
Power source: Utility grid service campus scope · official source · moderate confidence “approval by the Commission for the Company to construct the generation and transmission resources needed to serve significant new load associated with a data center” — Order No. U-37425 — Entergy Louisiana, LLC, ex parte, PDF p.1, I. Overview and Procedural History, retrieved 24 September 2026 Not established: That no on-site generation exists; energization; delivered load; the fuel mix of the utility resources.
Power counterparty: Entergy Louisiana, LLC — Serving utility (agreement executed) campus scope · official source · high confidence “the Company to construct the generation and transmission resources needed to serve significant new load associated with a data center being developed by Meta Platforms, Inc., through its subsidiary, Laidley LLC (the “Customer”), in Richland Parish, Louisiana” — Order No. U-37425 — Entergy Louisiana, LLC, ex parte (generation and transmission resources for a single customer project in North Louisiana), PDF p.1, I. Overview and Procedural History, first paragraph (decided at the August 20, 2025 B&E Session); ESA submitted with the Application at PDF p.2; Exhibit A settlement ¶2 (PDF p.10) and Customer Protection Conditions ¶¶1–2 (PDF p.22): ESA 'entered into with the Customer', approval of the ESA expressly not sought or given, retrieved 24 September 2026 Not established: Commission approval of the ESA terms themselves (the settlement says nothing in it or in the certification "should be construed as approval of the ESA and the Related Agreements"); MW actually delivered; energization date; any on-site generation.
Connected records
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Metro area: Monroe, LAby the record’s county in the Census 2023 delineation
Why March 2026 utility testimony reported construction ramping; exact day was not established.
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Recorded information
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Reviewed record meta-richland-parish
Campus · Meta Platforms, Inc.. Independently reviewed record. Values are shown with their recorded basis.
Location and precision
Shown above in Facts at a glance.
Roles
Shown above in Facts at a glance.
Lifecycle
Recorded status: construction
Area, acreage and buildings
Shown above in Facts at a glance.
Power capacity
Capacity — Not yet recorded here. Recorded reason: Generic greater-than-1-GW and changing company compute-capacity statements are withheld from the counted field.
Not yet recorded here: Cooling, water, PUE and WUE · Connectivity · Services · Certifications and design ratings · Rack density · Availability · Specification links and contact · Permits, incentives, jobs and proceedings.
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1 statement(s) naming an operator or presence at this site unit, one row per source. A building with several tenants is one facility with several presence rows.
Operator of record (reviewed): Meta Platforms, Inc..
construction Status basis: 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.
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Other values by layer
Field
Value
Layer and basis
Date
Source
physical scale
Company/government announcement describes a four-million-square-foot campus on 2,250 acres.
Reviewed (DCD) · reviewed record
Latest source retrieval/capture date date not stated
These citations belong to the linked reviewed records. They do not establish every figure or present-day operating status. Publication and retrieval dates are shown separately; an unstated date remains unknown.
33 fields in the shared profile are not established for this record. Each states why; missing information does not mean zero or absence.
Street address · not recorded for this field in the register
City · not recorded for this field in the register
Postal code · not recorded for this field in the register
Coordinates · not recorded for this field in the register
Map location precision · not recorded for this field in the register
Provider-reported status · not recorded for this field in the register
Operator-stated status · not recorded for this field in the register
Status in public records · not recorded for this field in the register
Critical IT capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Utility capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Requested utility capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Reported total power (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Generation capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Company-announced design capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Provider-reported capacity (MW) · not recorded for this field in the register
Floor area (sq ft) · not recorded for this field in the register
Data hall or IT floor area (sq ft) · not recorded for this field in the register
Site area · not recorded for this field in the register
Cooling redundancy · not recorded for this field in the register
UPS redundancy · not recorded for this field in the register
Backup generator redundancy · not recorded for this field in the register
Tier design rating · not recorded for this field in the register
Cooling technology · not recorded for this field in the register
Opening year or expected opening year · not recorded for this field in the register
Network presence · not recorded for this field in the register
Service · not recorded for this field in the register
Certification or compliance claims · not recorded for this field in the register
Rack density · not recorded for this field in the register
Space or power availability · not recorded for this field in the register
Specifications and facility pages · not recorded for this field in the register
Business contact · not recorded for this field in the register
Public registration · not recorded for this field in the register
Fact supported by a source quotation · not recorded for this field in the register
Jurisdiction and policy actions
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A possible duplicate of Meta Hyperion (fac-001049) is under review (reason: metro_family_review, opened ; hold hold-000234). Evidence needed: A street address, parcel id or operator page showing whether these same-operator records in one metro or county are one site or separate sites.
Rights for this record
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Field
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License
Attribution
Redistributable
current_name
DataCenterData reviewed record meta-richland-parish
dcd reference only
reference only
DataCenterData
no
aliases[0]
DataCenterData reviewed record meta-richland-parish
dcd reference only
reference only
DataCenterData
no
location.county
DataCenterData reviewed record meta-richland-parish
dcd reference only
reference only
DataCenterData
no
location.state
DataCenterData reviewed record meta-richland-parish
dcd reference only
reference only
DataCenterData
no
location.cbsa
DataCenterData reviewed record meta-richland-parish
dcd original
CC-BY-4.0
DataCenterData
yes
location.cbsa_name
DataCenterData reviewed record meta-richland-parish
dcd original
CC-BY-4.0
DataCenterData
yes
presences[0]
DataCenterData reviewed record meta-richland-parish
dcd reference only
reference only
DataCenterData
no
operator_of_record
DataCenterData reviewed record meta-richland-parish
dcd reference only
reference only
DataCenterData
no
status_by_layer[0]
DataCenterData reviewed record meta-richland-parish
dcd reference only
reference only
DataCenterData
no
lifecycle_status
DataCenterData reviewed record meta-richland-parish
dcd reference only
reference only
DataCenterData
no
status_basis
DataCenterData reviewed record meta-richland-parish
dcd reference only
reference only
DataCenterData
no
layer_values[0]
DataCenterData reviewed record meta-richland-parish
dcd reference only
reference only
DataCenterData
no
layer_values[1]
DataCenterData reviewed record meta-richland-parish
dcd reference only
reference only
DataCenterData
no
layer_values[2]
DataCenterData reviewed record meta-richland-parish