Applied Digital Delta Forge 1
Under Construction · Applied Digital · 5941 LA Hwy 121, Boyce, LA
Applied Digital Delta Forge 1 is an AI Factory campus at 5941 LA Hwy 121 in Boyce, Rapides Parish, Louisiana. high investment-grade hyperscaler covers 300 MW of critical IT load. Two buildings are under construction, with initial operations expected in mid-2027. Cleco will supply power, and the campus uses closed-loop water cooling. The $3.6 billion project qualified for Louisiana's data center equipment sales tax exemption.
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Overview
- Campus power
- 300 MW
- Critical IT Load · Contracted
- Status
- Under Construction
- Initial operations expected mid-2027
- IT floor area
- Not disclosed
- 2 reported buildings · Campus
- Project cost
- $3.6B
- Estimated construction cost in the cited project filing.
- Compute profile
- AI HPC
- AI training · AI inference
- Cooling design
Power and grid
| Capacity | Basis | Status | Scope | As of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 300 MW | Critical IT Load | Contracted | Initial two facilities | — |
| 15-year lease with a U.S. high investment-grade hyperscaler covering 300 MW of critical IT load. | ||||
- Utility
- Cleco
Facility and development
- Buildings
- 2
- Land transaction
- Applied Digital owns the land; about 372 acres of additional nearby company land have no confirmed use.
- Facility class
- AI HPC
- Workloads
- AI training · AI inference
- Cooling systems