Louisiana Innovation to use $15 million award to connect manufacturers with advanced tech
Louisiana Innovation, a division of LED, has secured $1.5 million annually for five years from the National Institute of Standards and Technology to expand...
Cleco Power to get expedited review for Applied Digital power project
State regulators have agreed to speed up their review of Cleco Power’s proposal to supply electricity to Applied Digital’s $3.6 billion AI data center...
Sicona Battery Technologies to build $10.3M facility in New Orleans East
Sicona Battery Technologies, an Australian developer of next-generation battery materials for lithium-ion batteries, is investing $10.3 million to establish its first U.S. facility and...
EPA repeals emissions limits on coal and natural gas power plants
The repeal of Environmental Protection Agency rules that limit planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions from power plants fueled by coal and natural gas would remove...
GM develops next-generation battery cells in bet on homegrown battery tech
General Motors is increasing its focus on sodium-ion technology for energy storage systems used by homes, businesses and data centers, CNBC reports. The company...
Data center speculation abounds in Livingston Parish as property undergoes rezoning and wetlands review
Just months before Livingston Parish officials rezoned much of a 700-acre tract of land for heavy industrial development, the site at the center of...
LED’s Susan Bourgeois: Landing SpaceX spaceport project took only six months
Louisiana’s deal to land SpaceX’s $100 billion Vermilion Parish spaceport project came together in just more than six months, according to Louisiana Economic Development Secretary...
It’s official: SpaceX is coming to Louisiana
SpaceX, the Elon Musk-led aerospace company, is investing $100 billion to build a launch facility in coastal Vermilion Parish, state officials announced Tuesday morning...
Amazon raises the stakes with $6B Shreveport data center boost
Amazon has increased its planned investment at Shreveport's Resilient Technology Park from $12 billion to $18 billion by adding a third data center campus.
The...
LPSC reconsiders allowing large energy users to pursue private power generation
The Louisiana Public Service Commission is reconsidering allowing large customers to develop private power generation rather than relying entirely on utilities, The Center Square reports....
