Data centers and Entergy customers

Data centers and Entergy

Arkansas

Entergy’s Fair Share Plus pledge helps ensure that when large customers like data centers connect to Entergy’s grid, they pay a big share of the grid upgrades and maintenance costs that small businesses and residents would otherwise have to pay for by themselves, helping lower power bills for everyone.

Customers in Mississippi are already beginning to see direct benefits thanks to data center revenue, which helped eliminate a bill increase of nearly $5 per month for all residential customers beginning July of 2026. While Mississippi is seeing the first wave of savings, Arkansas’ turn is coming. Similar customer savings will begin flowing to Arkansas as data centers come online in early 2027 and expand over time—in total, Entergy Arkansas customers are projected to receive $1.7 billion in benefits over the next 20 years.

$1.7B in savings for our Arkansas customers

Entergy Arkansas is powering major data center projects that will deliver more than $1.7 billion in savings to our customers over the next two decades.

When large data centers move to Entergy’s service area, all customers that are connected to the grid benefit. In fact, every new large customer added to the system helps pick up more of the grid maintenance improvement costs that existing customers would otherwise have to bear alone, and at a larger share than residential and small business customers.

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What they’re saying

“When people say, ‘AI is going to drive up my price of electricity,’ it’s actually the opposite,” Wright said. “The way to get electricity prices down is to produce more electricity.”

Chris WrightU.S. Department of Energy Secretary–The Wall Street Journal

“There’s a reason electricity prices have been rising. And it’s not AI. It’s not even data centers.”

The Washington PostRead the news story

“President Trump’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge continues to deliver! Today, Entergy announced $5 BILLION in electricity cost savings are coming to ratepayers in Mississippi, Arkansas, and Louisiana.”

U.S. Department of EnergyFacebook

“Entergy says new data center agreements could deliver $5B in savings for 2M+ customers in AR, LA, and MS. Why it matters: large power users helping cover grid costs instead of shifting them to families.”

Consumer Energy AllianceX

“We’re proud to spotlight Entergy, a valued member of the CBC Institute’s 21st Century Council, for announcing a landmark initiative expected to deliver $5 billion in customer savings through new data center agreements . . . Congratulations to Entergy for demonstrating how responsible leadership and forward-thinking investments can create real value for customers and communities alike.”

Congressional Black Caucus InstituteLinkedIn

“The hyperscalers are telling their shareholders and telling Wall Street every quarter that they need to spend more, build more, build more compute, and that’s how we win this thing. And we, as an administration, and the states, and the utilities, like Southern Company and Entergy in Louisiana, are doing a great job meeting that demand. The demand is there from our incredibly innovative technology sector. And we’re doing everything possible to set the stage for their success, and companies like Entergy and Southern Company are rising to meet that challenge.”

Peter LakeSenior Director of Power, National Energy Dominance Council–Axios Live: Electricity in Transition: Strengthening the Grid for What’s Next

“Arkansas is proving that growth actually benefits the ratepayer. The Google and AVAIO data center projects are expected to deliver large customer savings, helping keep energy bills low.”

Sarah Huckabee SandersGovernor, State of Arkansas–X

“I hope all the other states keep saying we don’t want data centers and they all come to Arkansas and we’re able to take advantage of the benefits of having them there.”

Bruce WestermanU.S. Representative, House Natural Resources Committee Chairman–Electric Perspectives Podcast

“Although it sounds counterintuitive, when a big new electricity customer shows up on the grid, it can sometimes help keep power costs down for everyone else, because it buys so much power that it can cover much more of the system’s costs, keeping a lid on rising power rates.”

Robinson MeyerContributor–The New York Times

“Responsible data infrastructure expansion spreads benefits to individual ratepayers, communities and our economy. We’re pleased to see that example playing out in Arkansas and applaud the partnerships and innovation to support our energy grid.”

John BoozmanU.S. Senator (R - Ark.)–X

“[A data center is] a big, consistent, heavy load that makes your generating equipment operate at a higher utilization rate, which means you can produce electricity at a lower cost for commercial and residential and industrial consumers. And the data center can actually be a huge benefit to your grid operation and to your reliability and cost structure.”

Bruce WestermanU.S. Representative (R - Ark.), House Natural Resources Committee Chairman–Electric Perspectives Podcast

“Newly published research finds no meaningful link between the number of data centers in a state and its electricity prices and points instead to a far less glamorous culprit: bad state energy policy.”

The Daily EconomyRead the news story

“Google employs a rigorous selection process for data center sites, focusing on a combination of factors including proximity to customers, available local talent, land availability, robust electrical infrastructure and a community that is excited to work with us. We found all of that and more in West Memphis.”

Laurel BrownPublic Affairs Manager, Google–Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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Recent news from Entergy

A message from Laura Landreaux, President and CEO, Entergy Arkansas

Sep 3, 2026

Dear Entergy Arkansas Customer, I’m reaching out directly to you to correct some inaccurate information published in the news this week regarding Google, specifically when it comes to how much they’re paying toward the Arkansas Cypress Solar facility.

Statement from Entergy Arkansas

Sep 2, 2026

The information first published in the Aug. 31 Arkansas Democrat Gazette contains a serious and careless mathematical error.

Entergy customers begin seeing benefits from data center agreements, Fair Share Plus pledge keeps money in customers’ pockets

Aug 27, 2026

The first dollars attributed to Entergy’s data center corridor have begun to positively impact customer bills under the company’s Fair Share Plus pledge. Amazon’s hyperscale facility generates revenue that offsets costs for all Entergy Mississippi customers, eliminating nearly $5 on monthly bills — approved by state regulators.

Read the press release from the White House that quotes Entergy Chair and CEO Drew Marsh.