# Applied Digital Delta Forge 1

MISO data center · https://askthegrid.com/assets/facilities/applied-digital-delta-forge-1

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.

## Identity and location

- Operating status: under_construction
- Asset scope: campus
- Location: 5941 LA Hwy 121, Boyce, Rapides Parish County, LA
- Operator: Applied Digital (campus) — https://ir.applieddigital.com

## Power and grid context

- Critical it load: 300 MW · contracted · campus · Initial two facilities — 15-year lease with a U.S. high investment-grade hyperscaler covering 300 MW of critical IT load.
- Electric utility: Cleco

## Development

- Site status: Initial operations expected mid-2027
- Buildings: 2

## Compute and operations

- Facility classes: ai_hpc
- Workloads: AI training, AI inference

## Sources

- [FRS Facility Detail Report | Envirofacts | US EPA](https://frs-public.epa.gov/ords/frs_public2/fii_query_dtl.disp_program_facility?p_registry_id=110072183100)
- [U.S. Census street-address geocode](https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/geographies/onelineaddress?address=5941+LA+Hwy+121%2C+Boyce%2C+LA&benchmark=Public_AR_Current&vintage=Current_Current&format=json)
- [Applied Digital Announces New U.S. Based High Investment-Grade Hyperscaler Tenant at Delta Forge 1, a 430 MW AI Factory Campus :: Applied Digital Corporation (APLD)](https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/149/)
- [Applied Digital Reports Fiscal Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2026 Results :: Applied Digital Corporation (APLD)](https://ir.applieddigital.com/news-events/press-releases/detail/159/)
- [Central Louisiana Secures $3.6 Billion Applied Digital AI Factory Campus - LED | Louisiana Economic Development](https://opportunitylouisiana.gov/news/central-louisiana-secures-3-6-billion-applied-digital-ai-factory-campus)
- [Governor Landry announces new data center project in Rapides Parish](https://wafb.com/2026/05/26/live-2-gov-landry-announces-new-multi-billion-dollar-ai-data-center-rapides-parish/)

## Data quality

- Power values retain their reported, requested, contracted, energized, gross-campus, or critical-IT basis.
- Map point: approximate U.S. Census street-address geocode.

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Profile generated: 2026-10-09T16:44:50.035435Z
Source: Ask the Grid — https://askthegrid.com/