I own land in Louisiana, so I have a direct interest in how this buildout develops. That makes evidence more important to me.
Amazon raised its planned northwest Louisiana investment to $18 billion across three campuses in August. That is a major commitment. It does not tell us the date a particular parcel can receive firm power. [1]
My focus is the chain from a site to a working campus: utility service studies, the substation and transmission scope, equipment procurement, water arrangements, and physically diverse fiber routes. Each needs an owner, a document, and a date.
For Louisiana landowners, the useful distinction is between proximity to infrastructure and a documented path to service. A nearby line is the beginning of diligence. It is not evidence of available capacity.
Liquid Labor is building a public, sourced record of the projects and the questions still open. We separate announced capacity from estimated current IT capacity and retain the underlying evidence.
Louisiana operators, utilities, engineers, and economic development teams: what milestone determines your next energization date? Send a public filing or a correction with the project name and date. I would welcome a conversation about what makes a site deliverable.