Data Centers & Crypto Mining in Louisiana (2026)
7 rules on the books across Louisiana, 6 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Data Center Zoning & Siting
Where data centers may be built, including the zoning districts that allow them, conditional-use-permit requirements, residential setback and buffer distances, and lot-size or acreage minimums.
Jefferson Parish
Some RestrictionsJefferson Parish's use table classifies a conventional data center as "data processing, hosting and related services,"…
Read full rule →Lafayette
Some RestrictionsLafayette Consolidated Government's Unified Development Code gives data centers their own use classification, "Data…
Read full rule →Lafayette Parish
Some RestrictionsData centers are permitted by right in Lafayette's Mixed-Use, Downtown, Commercial and Industrial zoning districts…
Read full rule →Shreveport
Some RestrictionsShreveport's UDC treats data centers as a zoning use limited by size and distance to housing. Section 6.1.L requires a…
Read full rule →St Tammany Parish
Some RestrictionsSt. Tammany Parish limits data centers and data warehousing to its AML Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics District…
Read full rule →Bossier Parish
Few RestrictionsBossier Parish's zoning code defines a data center as a facility that stores, manages, processes or transmits digital…
Read full rule →Crypto Mining Rules
Local ordinances aimed at cryptocurrency-mining operations, focused on noise nuisance, setbacks, and permitting, a fast-growing fight in rural counties near cheap power.