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Killona, LA · St. Charles Parish · 29.995°N 90.471°W
Straight-line distances. Nearest named waterway via the USGS National Hydrography Dataset; nearest transmission line via HIFLD. Baseline water stress and groundwater trend describe the surrounding hydrological basin (WRI Aqueduct 4.0, CC BY 4.0) — not this facility’s measured water use. Principal-aquifer system underlying the location (USGS, mapped at 1:2,500,000 — regional context, not site hydrogeology).
The third of three combined-cycle plants (2,260 MW total) approved in LPSC Docket U-37425 (Aug 2025) for Meta's Hyperion campus; the other two are the Richland Parish units tracked as entergy-franklin-farms-power-station-la (~1,500 MW). This Waterford unit's individual capacity is not itemized by Entergy — roughly 760 MW is a derived estimate (2,260 minus 1,500). A separate, larger Phase 2 buildout (Docket U-37882: seven unsited plants, >5,200 MW) remains unapproved and is not tracked.
New combined-cycle combustion-turbine generation at Entergy's existing Waterford complex; power reaches Meta's Richland Parish campus via new long-distance 500 kV transmission (~200+ miles) rather than on-site.
The Louisiana Public Service Commission approved Docket U-37425, authorizing Entergy Louisiana to build a third combined-cycle combustion-turbine plant at its existing Waterford site in St. Charles Parish — alongside the two Richland Parish units (Franklin Farms) — to power Meta's Hyperion campus. No groundbreaking reported for the Waterford unit as of mid-2026; target in-service end of 2029.
Entergy Louisiana receives LPSC approval for major infrastructure investments to support Meta's data centerReported: data based on credible news outlets or industry sources.
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