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title: "Chapter 6, the transformer, due 31 December 2028 · The AI Compute Race · DRYBURGH"
source: https://dryburgh.com/vol1/tests/2028-10
description: "Chapter 6, the transformer: due 31 December 2028."
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# Chapter 6, the transformer

Due 31 December 2028

**The test.** Each Franklin Farms unit that enters service by 31 December 2028 within the May 2026 cost estimate weakens the chapter’s emphasis on the transformer.

open Open. Franklin Farms 1 and 2 are dated for service in 2028.

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**Falls due:** 31 December 2028

**Read on:** Entergy’s filings and the U-37425 quarterly monitors

**Chapter:** [Chapter 6 — Firm, Around-the-Clock](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/notes/chapter-6)Where the electricity comes from: grid queues, transformers, turbines and the firm power a datacenter needs every hour of the year, on calendars the buildout does not control.

## Filings that bear on it

- [Louisiana Public Service Commission, Order in Docket U-37425, 29 August 2025](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/filings/lpsc-order-u37425)Louisiana’s utility commission approved a settlement letting Entergy Louisiana build three combined-cycle generators and transmission for Meta’s Richland Parish data center, with conditions on the customer’s minimum monthly charges, parent guaranty and early termination fee, and quarterly progress reports.
- [Edward Burgess, Direct testimony and exhibits on behalf of Alliance for Affordable Energy and Union of Concerned Scientists, LPSC Docket U-37882, 31 July 2026](https://dryburgh.com/vol1/filings/aae-burgess-u37882)Testimony for two advocacy groups on Entergy Louisiana’s seven new generators for a second Meta data center in Richland Parish reports that the first project’s generation and transmission estimate rose $465 million, about 11.7 percent, to $4.421 billion.

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