Data center restrictions tracker · Louisiana

Blanchard, Louisiana: data center moratorium (2026)

Data snapshot 2026-08-15 · part of Pricing the Fear of Data Centers

Blanchard, in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, adopted a data-center moratorium on March 3, 2026. Its status in this snapshot is in force.

The record reads: "Rural communities in North Caddo Parish organized a boycott of the official community meeting for Amazon/AWS's proposed $12 billion data center campus on 810 acres in Blanchard, Louisiana, on March 3. Residents near Caddo Lake object to… (datacentertracker.org)."

Details

ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
Moratoriumrestrictionin forceMarch 3, 2026not county-widedatacentertracker.org

Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Caddo Parish. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.

Elsewhere in Caddo Parish

Louisiana context

Louisiana has 4 documented local actions across 4 jurisdictions in this snapshot. There is no statewide restriction, incentive rollback, or large-load tariff on record for Louisiana in this snapshot.

A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.

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