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.
Data centers in Rapides County, Louisiana
Rapides County has 1 data center on the record; it is proposed. No county or city rule about data centers is on the record for Rapides County yet.
How to read this page. Every count comes from the records on this page and links to where it is counted. Nothing is published until a person reads its source, and a figure no source gives reads Not disclosed; nothing is estimated. A rating changes only when a person sets it.
The data center in Rapides County
Each row is one site with its stage, its latest dated entry and what its sources disclose. A figure no source gives reads Not disclosed.
Delta Forge 1
Boyce, Rapides County · Applied Digital
Latest, reported September 13, 2026: Meta building Hyperion data center approximately 30 miles east of Monroe in Richland Parish thetowntalk.com local outlet
- Land
- Not disclosed
- Power
- 300 MW
- Water
- Not disclosed
- Tenant
- Not disclosed
Where
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1 data center in Rapides County: proposed. A dashed edge means the exact site is not in the public record; every pin here marks a town or the county.
The cities in Rapides County on the record (1)
| City | Projects |
|---|---|
| Boyce | 1 |
What happened
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· Delta Forge 1
Now reported: Applied Digital building 3.6 billion dollar Data Forge 1 data center near Boyce thetowntalk.com local outlet
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.
Humans First, conservative group, touring nation to advocate for local control over AI data center construction
Every Louisiana statement, by speaker
1 more statement on this page
Disclosed figures
300 MW power
Power, water, jobs and tax
| Figure | Disclosed total | Disclosed | Not disclosed | Basis | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Power | 300 MW | 1 | 0 | 1 the developer's figure | |
| Water, stated per day | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Water, stated per year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Permanent jobs | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record | |
| Tax each year | Not disclosed | 0 | 1 | Not disclosed by any of the 1 record |
Summed only where a record disclosed the figure; a record with no figure adds nothing and is counted as not disclosed. Water is summed per day and per year separately, as the sources stated it, and never converted. A tax claim given as a range is summed at both ends.
By what the facilities are for
| Use | Records | Power | Water | Jobs | Tax each year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not disclosed | 1 | 300 MW | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed | Not disclosed: water, jobs, tax each year |
A record that lists several uses counts once under each. Each cell is the sum over the records with that use, disclosed rows only.
What the facilities are for
No source on file states what any of the 1 tracked facility in Rapides County is for.
How the facilities are cooled
No source on file states how any of the 1 tracked facility in Rapides County is cooled.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data centers in Rapides County, Louisiana", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/la/rapides-county, updated October 6, 2026.
Cite this page
Data Center Record, "Data center records in Rapides County, Louisiana", https://datacenterrecord.org/states/la/rapides-county. Data: Data Center Record, datacenterrecord.org, CC BY 4.0.
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The rows here are part of the Louisiana export.
For researchers
- Place id
- us/la/rapides-county
- Level
- county
- Census GEOID
- Not disclosed
- Rating value
- Not disclosed
- Scale word
- Not disclosed