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Louisiana data center moratoriums

As of 31 Oct 2026, we count at least 2 local data center pauses in force in Louisiana, no bans and 4 proposals, across its counties and cities. At state level: checked, nothing found.

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Source: Grounded Compute, Louisiana moratorium tracker, 31 Oct 2026. https://groundedcompute.com/us/louisiana/moratoriums

Every row below has its source and the date we checked it. For reporters: contact and corrections

State level · Checked, nothing found

We asked about state laws, orders and bills: checked, nothing found (31 Oct 2026).

Expiring by 30 Dec 2026

None in the next 60 days

Moratorium map · counties

Tangipahoa Parish: No pause or ban foundAcadia Parish: No pause or ban foundBienville Parish: No pause or ban foundEast Carroll Parish: No pause or ban foundVermilion Parish: No pause or ban foundEvangeline Parish: No pause or ban foundCameron Parish: No pause or ban foundPointe Coupee Parish: No pause or ban foundSt. Mary Parish: No pause or ban foundRed River Parish: No pause or ban foundSt. Charles Parish: No government or news source foundIberia Parish: No pause or ban foundEast Baton Rouge Parish: Pause proposedGrant Parish: No pause or ban foundDe Soto Parish: No pause or ban foundWebster Parish: No pause or ban foundCalcasieu Parish: No government or news source foundLincoln Parish: No pause or ban foundUnion Parish: No pause or ban foundSabine Parish: No pause or ban foundVernon Parish: No pause or ban foundCaldwell Parish: No pause or ban foundLafayette Parish: No pause or ban foundSt. Bernard Parish: No pause or ban foundEast Feliciana Parish: No pause or ban foundWest Feliciana Parish: No pause or ban foundSt. Helena Parish: No pause or ban foundRichland Parish: No pause or ban foundLaSalle Parish: No pause or ban foundAssumption Parish: No pause or ban foundClaiborne Parish: No pause or ban foundConcordia Parish: No pause or ban foundTensas Parish: No pause or ban foundJackson Parish: No pause or ban foundJefferson Davis Parish: No government or news source foundJefferson Parish: No pause or ban foundMadison Parish: No pause or ban foundBossier Parish: No government or news source foundMorehouse Parish: No pause or ban foundOrleans Parish: No pause or ban foundOuachita Parish: No pause or ban foundWashington Parish: No pause or ban foundLafourche Parish: No pause or ban foundSt. James Parish: No pause or ban foundTerrebonne Parish: No pause or ban foundLivingston Parish: No pause or ban foundAscension Parish: PauseRapides Parish: No pause or ban foundCatahoula Parish: No pause or ban foundNatchitoches Parish: No pause or ban foundFranklin Parish: No pause or ban foundSt. Landry Parish: No pause or ban foundSt. John the Baptist Parish: No pause or ban foundWest Baton Rouge Parish: No pause or ban foundAllen Parish: No pause or ban foundIberville Parish: No pause or ban foundBeauregard Parish: No pause or ban foundAvoyelles Parish: No pause or ban foundSt. Martin Parish: No pause or ban foundWinn Parish: No pause or ban foundWest Carroll Parish: No pause or ban foundCaddo Parish: Pause proposedPlaquemines Parish: No pause or ban foundSt. Tammany Parish: No government or news source foundLogansport (city): Pause proposedBaton Rouge (city): Pause proposedNew Orleans (city): Pause
  • Ban: 0 counties
  • Pause (active or extended): 1 county
  • Pause proposed: 2 counties
  • End date passed, no update found: 0 counties
  • Ended, expired or none found: 56 counties
  • No government or news source found: 5 counties
  • City: ban
  • City: pause
  • City: pause proposed
  • 64 counties checked · 31 Oct 2026
  • Cities on the tracker drawn as dots (3)
  • Schematic; outlines: US Census

Tracker · 6 bans, pauses and proposals

JurisdictionStatusCoversEndPermanent rulesSource
Pauses in force (2)
Ascension Parish PauseAll data centers–Rules draftedweeklycitizen.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
New Orleans (city, Orleans Parish)PauseAll data centers–Rules draftedcouncil.nola.gov
Government confirmed
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Proposed (4)
Baton Rouge (city, East Baton Rouge Parish)Pause proposed–––brla.gov
Government confirmed
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Caddo Parish Pause proposedAll data centers––shreveporttimes.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026
East Baton Rouge Parish Pause proposed–––brla.gov
Government confirmed
Checked 31 Oct 2026
Logansport (city, De Soto Parish)Pause proposed––Rules draftedyahoo.com
News reported
Checked 31 Oct 2026

– = not found in the sources we checked

Source: Grounded Compute, Louisiana moratorium tracker, 31 Oct 2026. https://groundedcompute.com/us/louisiana/moratoriums

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