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A Louisiana state senator helped secure Meta’s largest datacenter. Then he sold the land beside it

25 May 2026 at 13:00

Jay Morris denies experts’ claims that he violated ethics rules over land deals near the site of Meta’s Hyperion datacenter

This story is from Floodlight, a non-profit newsroom that investigates the powers stalling climate action

For more than two years, John “Jay” Morris, a Louisiana state senator, helped pave the way for Meta to build one of the world’s largest datacenters, called Hyperion, in Richland Parish.

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© Photograph: Jay Marcano/Gulf States Newsroom

© Photograph: Jay Marcano/Gulf States Newsroom

© Photograph: Jay Marcano/Gulf States Newsroom

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