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Sam Karlin

Reporter · US

Indexed articles, last 90 days
11
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Sep 29, 2026
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Jul 17, 2026

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  1. Article · Sep 29, 2026 · Sam Karlin

    Tech companies ‘failed’ in communicating data center benefits, Louisiana regulator says (opens the original)

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    A top Louisiana utility regulator said Tuesday that tech companies are “failing” to communicate why the ongoing boom of artificial intelligence data centers is positive for Americans, as Meta and other tech companies continue to build massive facilities in the state to power their AI products. Public Service Commissioner JP Coussan, R-Lafayette, made the comments during a panel on data centers and affordability as part of the Tulane Future of Energy Forum. The panel also included an Entergy

  2. Article · Sep 16, 2026 · Sam Karlin

    Controversial bid to abandon power to south Louisiana camps rejected by regulators (opens the original)

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    Warren Sanamo pumps diesel fuel into the tugboat "Little Jake" at his camp near Lake De Cade in Terrebonne Parish on Thursday, March 26, 2026. The family relies on generators for power after electric infrastructure serving the area was not rebuilt following Hurricane Ida. (Staff photo by Brett Duke, The Times-Picayune) A controversial and novel effort by a small electric utility to abandon electric service to dozens of camp owners in coastal Louisiana hit a roadblock Wednesday, with state regula

  3. Article · Sep 15, 2026 · Sam Karlin, Alyse Pfeil

    Louisiana’s insurer of last resort seeks to offload commercial policies to Mississippi company (opens the original)

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    Louisiana’s insurer of last resort has approved a relatively small Mississippi company’s request to take over virtually all of its commercial policies, a move that Gov. Jeff Landry touted as progress in the state’s efforts to curtail skyrocketing property insurance rates. Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corp., a nonprofit created by the state Legislature in 2003, has struggled to shed policies after a massive influx driven by a spate of hurricanes in 2020 and 2021 that drove a dozen

  4. Article · Sep 11, 2026 · Sam Karlin

    Entergy wants to build power lines for Meta’s data center. These landowners are fighting back. (opens the original)

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    CALHOUN BRAKE, La. — A baby alligator scrambled off a log as Parnell Perry weaved his mud boat through the swamp, bumping into the occasional cypress tree. Dragonflies buzzed lazily in the August afternoon heat. Parnell’s father, Harvey Perry, sat on the bow. As the boat arrived at a clearing, the landscape changed abruptly. Towering electrical transmission lines — ”high lines,” as Parnell calls them — came into view above. The swamp is more than 30 miles northwest of Meta’s $50 bi

  5. Article · Aug 27, 2026 · Sam Karlin

    As politicians on both sides begin to turn on data centers, it’s a different story in Louisiana (opens the original)

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    The massive build-out of data centers to power the AI industry is stirring a political reckoning across the country, with Republican and Democratic elected officials alike taking new steps to either block or more tightly regulate data centers as voter attitudes shift against them. You wouldn’t know it by looking at Louisiana. Republican leaders here, led by Gov. Jeff Landry, sound as bullish as ever on luring data centers to the state, using confidentiality agreements to offer tax breaks and f

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