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Cleco plans 756-MW gas plant alongside Rapides data center

— Cleco plans to build a new natural gas power plant as part of a broader deal to supply electricity to Applied Digital’s massive data center in Rapides Parish, according to testimony filed with state regulators.

The $3.6 billion data center is expected to use as much as 430 megawatts of electricity, making it “the largest single load ever served by Cleco Power.”

Applied Digital would pay the full c…

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