Skip to content
Gridcensus

Datacenter Sites in St. John the Baptist, Louisiana

St. John the Baptist has 18 scored datacenter candidate sites averaging 51.3/100 DC Readiness, with a catalogued aggregate of 1,200 MW. FEMA rates local natural-hazard risk as "Very High". The county has a datacenter tax incentive on record.

At a glance

St. John the Baptist, Louisiana has 18 scored datacenter candidate sites averaging 51.3/100 DC Readiness, roughly in line with the Louisiana average of 53.1. It ranks 29th of 59 Louisiana counties by number of sites and 36th by average score. The top-scoring site is Substation-Adjacent site · 74a49ee7 at 59.8/100.

18
Candidate sites
51.3/100
Avg DC Readiness
1,200 MW
Catalogued capacity
theoretical aggregate
Very High
Hazard rating
◆ Loading map…
≥ 7560–7540–60≤ 40
Top 18 in St. John the Baptist

Site-selection context for St. John the Baptist

Yessales_tax_exemption
Datacenter tax incentive
11.81¢/kWh
Commercial electricity
10.34¢/kWh
Industrial electricity
5
Fiber providers
Low
Water stress
$5,674
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 St. John the Baptist compare with other counties in Louisiana?

By number of scored sites, St. John the Baptist ranks 29th of the 59 Louisiana counties with a county page, holding 1.0% of the state's 1,762 sites. Its average DC Readiness of 51.3/100 ranks 36th in the state and is roughly in line with the national average of 53.2. Nationally it has the 1835th-largest site inventory of 2,964 counties with five or more sites. 0 sites score 70 or higher and 4 score 55 or higher.

What types of datacenter sites are in St. John the Baptist?

Industrial sites are the most common (10, 56% of the county's inventory), followed by greenfield (4) and substation-adjacent (4). 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 St. John the Baptist?

Industrial electricity averages 10.34¢/kWh and commercial 11.81¢/kWh. FEMA's National Risk Index rates the county "Very High" (58). WRI water stress is low. 5 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 $5,674 an acre.

By site type

Top datacenter sites in St. John the Baptist

Top datacenter sites in St. John the Baptist
SiteTypeVoltageCapacityQueue waitScore
UNKNOWN112615Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs59.8
UNKNOWN114129Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs59.7
UNKNOWN112534Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs59.2
UNKNOWN112531Substation-Adjacent230 kV300 MW4.3 yrs58.2
OZ St. John the BaptistGreenfield——4.3 yrs52.7
EC Near Little GypsyGreenfield——4.3 yrs51.7
EC FFE St. John the Baptist ParishGreenfield——4.3 yrs51.0
EC Near Little GypsyGreenfield——4.3 yrs50.2
Reserve USTIndustrial——4.3 yrs49.1
Reserve USTIndustrial——4.3 yrs49.1
GlobalplexIndustrial——4.3 yrs47.9
Garyville Timber Mill MuseumIndustrial——4.3 yrs47.9
Reserve USTIndustrial——4.3 yrs47.9
2nd Ward High School SiteIndustrial——4.3 yrs47.8
2nd Ward High School SiteIndustrial——4.3 yrs47.8
2nd Ward High School SiteIndustrial——4.3 yrs47.8
2nd Ward High School SiteIndustrial——4.3 yrs47.8
2nd Ward High School SiteIndustrial——4.3 yrs47.8

Every scored site in St. John the Baptist

All 18 sites, best first.

St. John the Baptist datacenter FAQ

How many datacenter sites are in St. John the Baptist?

18 scored datacenter candidate sites, averaging 51.3/100 DC Readiness. That is the 29th-most of 59 Louisiana counties with five or more sites.

What is the highest-scoring datacenter site in St. John the Baptist?

Substation-Adjacent site · 74a49ee7 scores 59.8/100 DC Readiness, the highest of the 18 scored sites in St. John the Baptist (a substation-adjacent site).

Does St. John the Baptist 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 St. John the Baptist?

FEMA's National Risk Index rates St. John the Baptist as "Very High" (score 58).

What are industrial electricity rates in St. John the Baptist?

Average industrial electricity is 10.34¢/kWh and commercial is 11.81¢/kWh in St. John the Baptist.

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 St. John the Baptist, Louisiana”, https://gridcensus.com/datacenter-sites/louisiana/st-john-the-baptist (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 St. John the Baptist, 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.

See plansTalk to us