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$3.6B AI Data Center in Louisiana to Create Hundreds of Jobs
The campus is expected to create 200 direct jobs and more than 1,000 construction jobs, with operations set to begin in mid-2027.
- On Tuesday, Governor Jeff Landry announced a $3.6 billion Applied Digital AI campus groundbreaking in Boyce, Rapides Parish, with the project known as Delta Forge 1 designed for large-scale AI training and inference workloads.
- The Dallas-based company purchased 672 acres earlier this year in what officials called a transformational project, beginning site development in January with operations expected mid-2027.
- Delta Forge 1 will create 200 permanent jobs paying $90,000 annually—150% above state average—plus over 1,000 temporary construction positions before opening.
- Cleco will supply the campus's 300 megawatts of power across 300 acres with closed-loop cooling technology; CEO Bill Fontenot called this Cleco's largest economic development opportunity in its 90-year history.
- The $3.6 billion investment exceeds the region's prior decade of private investment and joins Meta's $30 billion Hyperion facility, Hut 8's $10 billion campus, and Amazon's $12 billion projects across Louisiana parishes, with Applied Digital qualifying for state sales tax exemptions under Act 730.
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(The Center Square) – Gov. Jeff Landry and Louisiana Economic Development officials announced Tuesday that Applied Digital will build a $3.6 billion artificial intelligence data center campus in Rapides Parish,
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State officials announced Tuesday that another large data center is coming to Louisiana with construction sited in a small town in Rapides Parish. (Photo: Wes Muller/Louisiana Illuminator)State officials announced Tuesday another large data center is coming to Louisiana with construction planned in Rapides Parish. Applied Digital Corp. plans to develop a $3.6 billion, 300-acre artificial intelligence campus known as Delta Forge 1 in the town of…
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