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Ned Randolph

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Ned Randolph is a climate policy fellow with Invest in Louisiana, focusing on AI data centers and energy policy. He is also an author, environmental writer and adjunct professor at Loyola University New Orleans.

Analysis
In Louisiana, Data Center Hype Faces AI Regulation and Community Resistance
ByNed Randolph
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With Meta's new Manhattan-sized project slated for the state, lawmakers are pushing new restrictions on artificial intelligence even as the Trump administration threatens to withhold broadband funding in response.

With Meta's new Manhattan-sized project slated for the state, lawmakers are pushing new restrictions on artificial intelligence even as the Trump administration threatens to withhold broadband funding in response.
Analysis
us/The Rising Hunger of AI Data Centers Accelerates the Need for Clean Energy to Meet Demand
ByNed Randolph
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A Louisiana utility has dragged its feet on renewables. Now, a proposed Meta data center might create an “urgent” push for dirty power instead.

A Louisiana utility has dragged its feet on renewables. Now, a proposed Meta data center might create an “urgent” push for dirty power instead.
Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate
Opinion
us/Op-ed: We Need to Reclaim the Muddy Waters of the Louisiana Gulf Coast From the Climate Crisis 
ByNed Randolph
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This is a guest post by environmental communication professor and Louisiana native Ned Randolph. I grew up in the shadow of the Mississippi River, whose mythology pressed upon my imagination.&n...