Ascension Parish readies itself for data centers
No data center has come knocking on Ascension Parish’s door just yet, but the community’s leaders would like to have the rules written before one...
SpaceX turns increasingly to natural gas to provide AI power needs
SpaceX is turning more to natural gas to meet its demands for AI operations energy, The Wall Street Journal reports. This marks a significant shift...
U.S. auto factories hope to boost productivity with humanoid robots
BMW, Hyundai, Mercedes-Benz and Tesla are all testing the use of humanoid robots as the potential next stage in factory automation, The New York...
Caddo Parish aims to tap the brakes on data center tax incentives
Caddo Parish official John-Paul Young plans to propose a two-year moratorium on new data center tax incentives while the parish studies their long-term effects...
Sodium-ion batteries hold promise as alternative for large-scale energy storage
Sodium-ion batteries, which use abundant materials such as sodium found in ordinary table salt instead of scarce lithium and other critical minerals, are emerging...
New partnership to connect data center and energy projects with construction workers
BlackRock and its AI Infrastructure Partnership are partnering with North America’s Building Trades Unions to connect upcoming data center and energy projects with skilled...
Defense Department lends $2 billion to battery, critical mineral companies
The Trump administration is providing more than $2 billion to U.S. companies developing batteries and critical minerals to reduce dependence on Chinese suppliers. The...
Sierra Club: Meta facility should be re-classified as a major source of air pollution
The Sierra Club says that Meta's Hyperion facility in Richland Parish should have been classified as a major source of air pollution rather than receiving...
Building a space port in Louisiana just got easier
As local officials and residents alike speculate about a space company acquiring land in marshy, hurricane-vulnerable Vermilion Parish, a Federal Aviation Administration proposal would ease constraints...
SSE Steel Fabrication’s humanoid robot pilot program gets underway
If everything goes as planned, a humanoid robot will walk onto the shop floor of SSE Steel Fabrication’s 14-acre campus in Lower St. Bernard...
