Activist group Humans First organized a stop of its AI Data Center Revolt tour in Boyce, Louisiana on September 12, 2026 with local residents and activist groups in attendance.
Delta Forge 1
Applied Digital is constructing a 300 acre, $3.6 billion data center campus called Delta Forge 1 in Boyce, Louisiana, with 300 MW in its first phase and initial operations expected as soon as mid 2027. It is reported, as reported September 13, 2026.
How much water it would use and who would use it have not been disclosed.
How to read this page. Every fact links to the source it rests on; a number in brackets is its place in the source list. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed, and nothing is estimated. Where sources give different figures, each is shown with who gave it, and another source's figure never stands in for the record's own. Entries are added and never overwritten; corrections are listed under What happened.
What is known
Each figure as its source gave it. The number in brackets is its place in the source list.
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power it would draw
- 300 MW
- not disclosed
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Who leads it
- Applied Digital
- as stated by the source
- Who would use it
- Not disclosed
- Jobs once it runs
- Not disclosed
- Tax each year
- Not disclosed
Every field, with who said it and when (Researcher view)
Impact figures
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How much power it needs | 300 MW | not disclosed | October 6, 2026 | |
| How much water it would use | Not disclosed | |||
| How loud it would be | Not disclosed | |||
| Jobs once it runs | Not disclosed | |||
| Tax it would pay each year | Not disclosed |
The record's fields
| Field | Value | Who says so | Source | Last verified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Who is building it | Applied Digital | as stated by the source | October 6, 2026 | |
| Who is constructing it | Not disclosed | |||
| How much land | Not disclosed | |||
| Where its power comes from | Not disclosed | |||
| Grid connection | Not disclosed | |||
| How it is cooled | Not disclosed |
The developer's figure is what the company said; what a permit allows is the ceiling a permit sets; measured means observed. Water is in gallons a day or a year, whichever the source stated; a tax claim given as a range shows both ends, each linked to the source that gave it.
Still not public, and where it would show up
The record adds each the day a source gives it. Why these documents.
- Water useA state water right filing or a water supply agreement.
- Who would use itA lease announcement or a tenant named in a filing.
- Jobs and taxAn incentive agreement, a county's economic development filing or a fiscal note.
What happened
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(source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Meta building Hyperion data center approximately 30 miles east of Monroe in Richland Parish [4]
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· Status: rumored (source date; the content gives no date of its own)
Applied Digital building 3.6 billion dollar Data Forge 1 data center near Boyce [4]
The full Delta Forge 1 timeline, in order
8 corrections to this record
Every correction, with its reason
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· the status of a projects row
The stage was set by timeline entries that were returned to draft on 2026-09-17 (they had been published onto the record while it was still a draft skeleton). With no published entry behind it the record reads rumored until one is approved. The old and new text.
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· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
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· the kind of source of a history entry
The source was labeled with the Google News search that found it; it now carries its outlet's tier (the record's rules of 2026-09-23). The link did not change. The day's label corrections.
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· the draft of a status history row
Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
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· the draft of a status history row
Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
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· the draft of a status history row
Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
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· the draft of a status history row
Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
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· the draft of a status history row
Published on a project that was still a draft skeleton and still short of the record's skeleton minimum rule; returned to draft on 2026-09-17 pending the project meeting the rule or a person's approval. The old and new text.
Every correction on the record is on the corrections page.
What was said
Gary Musgrove, a Save My Louisiana representative, stated that community concerns about data centers remain unanswered by politicians and local officials.
Humans First is conducting a cross country bus tour with 34 stops across the nation demanding stronger guardrails on data center development.
Every statement about data centers in Louisiana, by speaker
2 more statements on this page
Amy Kremer, Chair of Humans First
Humans First, conservative group, touring nation to advocate for local control over AI data center construction
The site
Where in Rapides County is not in the public record. The pin marks the county seat, not a building, and the outline is the county.
Tap a pin for the data center, the parcel for its record
- This record: Proposed, ringed
- data center
- Dashed edge: the exact site is not in the public record
- Smaller pins: 8 other published records in Louisiana
Details
- this record's location, ringed
- parcel outline, from the county parcel record
- city limits, U.S. Census Bureau, on a town level record
- county boundary
The other pins are the published projects in the same state, each in its stage color. The imagery beneath is the USGS national orthoimagery, public domain, shown so the land around the site can be read.
- Where
- 5941 La Hwy 121, Boyce, LA 70000, Boyce, Rapides County, Louisiana [source]
- How exactly it is located
- County level, the county seat
- The parcel
- No parcel outline in the public record
- Nearest homes
- Not computed for a record placed at a place center
- Nearest records
- Nearest records are not computed for a record placed at a county seat.
Questions about this project
5 questions answered from the record
How big is Delta Forge 1?
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The record has one measure of its size: 300 MW (not disclosed). Its acreage is not disclosed.
Who is building Delta Forge 1?
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Applied Digital is the developer. No construction contractor is named on the record yet.
How much power and water does Delta Forge 1 say it needs?
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Power: 300 MW (not disclosed). Water: not disclosed by any source on file.
Where does Delta Forge 1 stand today?
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It is reported, as reported September 13, 2026. The newest entry, reported September 13, 2026: Meta building Hyperion data center approximately 30 miles east of Monroe in Richland Parish [4].
What has Boyce or Rapides County decided about it?
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No decision by Boyce or Rapides County about data centers is on the record. The Rapides County page and the Louisiana scorecard list every rated row the day a person publishes one.
Sources
Primary documents
- EPA ECHO detailed facility report: Beard Construction Group LLC, Applied Digital, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Reporting
- Cleco to power planned Rapides Parish data center - Rapides Parish Journal, Rapides Parish Journal, May 27, 2026, query feed
- Applied Digital secures customer for new 210MW data center campus - Data Center Dynamics, Data Center Dynamics, June 9, 2026, query feed
- Citizens 'have no seat at the table' on data centers, says organizer - thetowntalk.com, thetowntalk.com, September 13, 2026, local outlet
- NDAs are hiding data center deals, drawing ire from locals — and attention from lawmakers - Oregon Public Broadcasting - OPB, OPB (via Google News), August 27, 2026, local outlet
- NDAs are hiding data center deals, drawing ire from locals — and attention from lawmakers - NPR, NPR, August 27, 2026, local outlet
- Developer of Delta data center announces ‘revolutionary’ tech to turn natural gas into water - News From The States, News From The States, September 9, 2026, local outlet
7 sources on file.
Cite this record
Data Center Record, "Delta Forge 1", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/delta-forge-1-boyce-la, last verified October 6, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Delta Forge 1", https://datacenterrecord.org/projects/delta-forge-1-boyce-la. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
The structured rows are CC BY 4.0. Link to this page; that is what turns a reuse into a citation. Prose stays under copyright.
For researchers
- Slug
- delta-forge-1-boyce-la
- Status value
- rumored
- Stage
- Proposed
- Tier
- skeleton
- Tags
- skeleton
- Place id
- us/la/rapides-county/boyce
- Coordinates
- 31.31125, -92.44519
- Location precision
- county
- Location source
- County seat (Alexandria), Wikidata, placed at county level
- Coordinate source
- wikidata county seat
- Location source number
- Not disclosed
- Location last verified
- September 16, 2026
- EPA registry id
- Not disclosed
- Use type values
- not_disclosed
- Tenancy value
- not_disclosed
- Cooling type value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity basis
- not_disclosed
- Water basis
- not_disclosed, gallons_per_day
- Acreage basis
- Not disclosed
- Interconnection value
- not_disclosed
- Capacity, if disclosed
- 300 MW, not disclosed
- Rating of the county's rows
- Not disclosed
- Published
- 2026-09-05
- Last verified
- 2026-10-06