$3.6 billion AI data center campus planned for Rapides Parish

By: Wesley Muller

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: May 26, 2026

Words: 271

Last Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago

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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 Boyce, according to a news release from Louisiana Economic Development. The company specializes in building data centers and offers digital computing infrastructure for cryptocurrency companies, according to its website.

The new campus will …

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