Skip to content
Gridcensus

Datacenter Sites in East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana

East Baton Rouge County has 173 scored datacenter candidate sites averaging 55.9/100 DC Readiness, with a catalogued aggregate of 7,700 MW. FEMA rates local natural-hazard risk as "Very High". The county has a datacenter tax incentive on record.

At a glance

East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana has 173 scored datacenter candidate sites averaging 55.9/100 DC Readiness, roughly in line with the Louisiana average of 53.1. It ranks 1st of 59 Louisiana counties by number of sites and 10th by average score. The top-scoring site is OAK VILLA at 64.7/100.

173
Candidate sites
55.9/100
Avg DC Readiness
7,700 MW
Catalogued capacity
theoretical aggregate
Very High
Hazard rating
◆ Loading map…
≥ 7560–7540–60≤ 40
Top 25 in East Baton Rouge County

Site-selection context for East Baton Rouge County

Yessales_tax_exemption
Datacenter tax incentive
12.25¢/kWh
Commercial electricity
9.88¢/kWh
Industrial electricity
8
Fiber providers
Low
Water stress
$8,027
Land price / acre
2,700
Cooling degree days
1,700
Heating degree days
67°F
Mean annual temp

Incentive detail: Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP) up to 80% property tax abatement for 10 years.

How does East Baton Rouge County compare with other counties in Louisiana?

By number of scored sites, East Baton Rouge County ranks 1st of the 59 Louisiana counties with a county page, holding 9.8% of the state's 1,762 sites. Its average DC Readiness of 55.9/100 ranks 10th in the state and is roughly in line with the national average of 53.2. Nationally it has the 138th-largest site inventory of 2,964 counties with five or more sites. 0 sites score 70 or higher and 53 score 55 or higher.

What types of datacenter sites are in East Baton Rouge County?

Industrial sites are the most common (111, 64% of the county's inventory), followed by substation-adjacent (43) and greenfield (11). Site type reflects how the parcel was identified — next to a substation, on a former mine or brownfield, on industrial or federal excess land — and is scored on the same 14 factors either way.

What are power cost, hazard, water and fiber conditions in East Baton Rouge County?

Industrial electricity averages 9.88¢/kWh and commercial 12.25¢/kWh. FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county "Very High" (58). WRI water stress is low. 8 fiber providers report service in the county. The climate runs 2,700 cooling degree days a year with a mean temperature of 67°F. Land is valued around $8,027 an acre.

By site type

Top datacenter sites in East Baton Rouge County

Top datacenter sites in East Baton Rouge County
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
HAZELSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs64.7
OAK VILLASubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs64.7
UNKNOWN112497Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs64.6
UNKNOWN111776Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs64.1
DELMONTSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs63.8
EXXONSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs63.8
ESSOSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs63.8
UNKNOWN112502Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs63.7
HARELSONSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs63.7
JAGUARSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs63.7
UNKNOWN112667Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs63.6
UNKNOWN112431Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs63.5
UNKNOWN112505Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs63.5
JONES CREEKSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs63.4
WEINERSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs63.4
UNKNOWN112435Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs62.8
PORT HUDSONSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs62.7
BRIARWOODSubstation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs62.6
EC Near Formosa PlasticsGreenfield——4.3 yrs62.5
UNKNOWN112438Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs62.4
TAP143269Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.3 yrs60.9
TAP143268Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.3 yrs60.9
SEARSSubstation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.3 yrs60.9
FLORIDASubstation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.3 yrs60.9
TAP142974Substation-Adjacent138 kV100 MW4.3 yrs60.8

Every scored site in East Baton Rouge County

All 173 sites, best first.

East Baton Rouge County datacenter FAQ

How many datacenter sites are in East Baton Rouge County?

173 scored datacenter candidate sites, averaging 55.9/100 DC Readiness. That is the most of 59 Louisiana counties with five or more sites.

What is the highest-scoring datacenter site in East Baton Rouge County?

OAK VILLA scores 64.7/100 DC Readiness, the highest of the 173 scored sites in East Baton Rouge County (a substation-adjacent site).

Does East Baton Rouge County offer datacenter tax incentives?

Industrial Tax Exemption Program (ITEP) up to 80% property tax abatement for 10 years.

What is the natural-hazard risk in East Baton Rouge County?

FEMA's National Risk Index rates East Baton Rouge County as "Very High" (score 58).

What are industrial electricity rates in East Baton Rouge County?

Average industrial electricity is 9.88¢/kWh and commercial is 12.25¢/kWh in East Baton Rouge County.

More in Louisiana

About this data

Source: GridCensus composite of HIFLD transmission and substation data, EIA, FEMA National Risk Index, FCC broadband data, PeeringDB and ISO interconnection queues, as published October 10, 2026 — GridCensus refreshes it monthly. See the methodology for how records are matched, cleaned and scored.

Cite as: GridCensus, “Datacenter candidate sites in East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/louisiana/east-baton-rouge-county (data as of October 10, 2026).

Dataset updated . Screening estimates derived from public data sources.

Go deeper than the public screen

Every site and score for East Baton Rouge County, Louisiana is free to browse. Pro adds Watchtower on 25 sites, alerts when new candidate sites, datacenters or interconnection-queue requests appear in your markets, score and capacity history, and CSV export. Enterprise adds team seats, weekly data files for all 147,272 sites, the REST API and an MCP server for AI tools.