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AI Policy & Infrastructure Monitor

Introducing the AI Policy & Infrastructure Monitor — Gulf Coast Edition

February 20, 2026

A recurring executive brief on the state-level moves shaping AI infrastructure and healthcare AI across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas.

AI companies are moving faster than state governments — but state governments will decide whether a 500 MW campus opens on schedule, whether Medicaid pays for ambient documentation, and whether the next algorithmic-hiring bill becomes law. That is why we are launching the AI Policy & Infrastructure Monitor — Gulf Coast Edition: a recurring executive brief for founders, GCs, and heads of policy who need signal, not noise.

What each edition covers

  • AI-related legislation filed and moving across Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, and Texas
  • PSC decisions affecting data centers, large electric loads, and interconnection queues
  • Utility rate developments — proposed tariffs, load agreements, and cost-of-service filings
  • Tax incentives — Enterprise Zone renewals, Industrial Ad Valorem, Restoration Tax Abatement, QTB, and state-level data-center statutes
  • Healthcare AI regulation — Medicaid coverage decisions, telehealth pathways, and licensing developments
  • Major infrastructure announcements across the region — with our read on why it happened where it did

Who this is for

Executives at AI infrastructure companies (hyperscalers, colocation, GPU cloud), healthcare AI startups (ambient scribes, prior auth, clinical decision support), and energy technology firms that need to understand — quickly — which state-level moves matter to them.

Why us

Seersucker Strategies has spent a decade running state legislative strategy, PSC filings, Medicaid coverage battles, and economic-development packages across Louisiana. We know the difference between a bill that will pass and one that will die in committee — and we know which agencies actually decide whether a project moves.

New editions will be published monthly. To receive the first issue directly, reach out here.