Drone maker to hire 500-plus employees for new Acadiana manufacturing site
An American-based company will build its first U.S. industrial drone manufacturing facility in Louisiana, reports Louisiana Illuminator. The company also plans to hire 521...
Who should foot the bill for Louisiana’s $3B Meta power upgrade?
In a rural corner of Louisiana, Meta is building one of the world’s largest data centers, a $10 billion behemoth as big as 70...
Companies are increasingly eyeing Louisiana for data center projects
Louisiana officials say the state is experiencing a surge of interest from companies looking to build data centers, spurred by Meta’s $10 billion project...
Oil-field servicers are gravitating to these hungry new customers
Oil-field service companies are pivoting toward a new kind of customer: artificial intelligence data centers hungry for power, The Wall Street Journal reports.
Firms like Solaris, Liberty...
A $370M microchip facility is coming to north Louisiana
Alabama-based Radiance Technologies is investing $370 million to build a “state-of-the-art” secure microchip packaging facility in Ruston.
Radiance, an employee-owned defense contractor, has offices in Baton Rouge...
Data centers’ thirst for water raises sustainability questions
As artificial intelligence fuels a global boom in data center construction, researchers warn that the industry’s thirst for water is becoming harder to ignore....
Meta and Hyundai are going after these state tax incentives
Meta and Hyundai have started applying this summer for Louisiana’s incentive programs as they prepare to break ground on their projects in Richland and...
Terrebonne Parish to get new $100 million innovation campus
Neuro.io plans to invest $100 million to establish its first U.S. operations—an innovation campus in Terrebonne Parish called BrainHUB. The project is expected to create...
From batteries to biofuels, LSU is investing $1M in energy research
The LSU Institute for Energy Innovation announced nearly $1 million in grant funding last week for energy-focused research initiatives.
The institute received a total of 19...
Meta’s Richland Parish data center gets the attention of Congress
Meta’s new AI data center planned for northeast Louisiana has drawn the attention of congressional lawmakers as it is so large that the local...