Baton Rouge chosen as launch site for Meta’s $115M AI workforce academy
Meta is launching a national workforce training boot camp geared specifically toward training workers for jobs in AI infrastructure—and Baton Rouge is its first...
Industrial construction surge big reason for Baton Rouge’s booming economy
Baton Rouge's construction sector added some 6,500 jobs over the past year, more than any other sector, thanks to projects such as Hyundai’s steel...
Air Products aims to reduce traffic by shuttling workers from Lamar Dixon Expo Center
Air Products' traffic mitigation plan for its planned Louisiana Clean Energy Complex includes shuttling workers from the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales in...
LED to announce ‘major project’ today as central Louisiana preps for large data center
Gov. Jeff Landry, Louisiana Economic Development and local and regional partners will announce a “major economic development project” at 11:30 a.m. today at the...
Louisiana’s industrial boom accelerates ramp up to prepare the professionals who will lead it
Much has been made about the impending industrial boom and the corresponding strains on Louisiana’s skilled labor workforce, but there is an equally pressing...
American Sugar Refining begins $785 million modernization of Domino Sugar refinery
American Sugar Refining has broken ground on the first phase of a $785 million modernization project at its Domino Sugar refinery in Chalmette, marking...
LNG, data centers and the petrochemical sector are chasing the same workers — and...
The recent entry of AI data centers into the mix has added a new wrinkle to Louisiana’s age-old workforce shortage dilemma.
While not strictly...
Analysis finds billions of Louisiana industrial investment produced little job growth
A recent data analysis by The Data Center, a nonpartisan nonprofit in New Orleans, found that billions in industrial investment have produced minimal corresponding...
New study shows decline in growth of jobs in Louisiana’s oil and gas industry
The Data Center, based in New Orleans, says job growth in Louisiana since 2015 has increased by less than 1 percent, well below the...
Snelling acquires Baton Rouge office, expands industrial workforce solutions
Snelling Baton Rouge has announced the strategic acquisition of the Snelling Industrial Services of Baton Rouge franchise office, uniting local operations under one location and leadership...
