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re: Louisiana earns Gold Shovel Award for economic development

Posted on 8/14/26 at 10:49 pm to
Posted by IndianPower
Louisiana
Member since May 2021
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Posted on 8/14/26 at 10:49 pm to
Can you give a more definitive answer?

7000 locals?

12 locals?

Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
39379 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 10:55 pm to
It takes less than 50 people to run most data centers
Posted by GreenRockTiger
vortex to the whirlpool of despair
Member since Jun 2020
61780 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 10:56 pm to
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7000 are working on the site now.
how many are legal?
Posted by donRANDOMnumbers
Hub City
Member since Nov 2006
17561 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 10:57 pm to
They just drive from Broussard and Youngsville
Posted by jmarto1
Houma, LA/ Las Vegas, NV
Member since Mar 2008
39379 posts
Posted on 8/14/26 at 11:00 pm to
A good portion are not. I have a bunch of illegal friends working there and Canton
Posted by SobchakSecurity
Member since Sep 2025
110 posts
Posted on 9/15/26 at 10:11 pm to
Has anyone updated this since Space X launched their announcement?
Posted by LoveThatMoney
Who knows where?
Member since Jan 2008
12836 posts
Posted on 9/15/26 at 10:22 pm to
Any of those deals actually going to bring revenue to the State? Or are the tax incentives so one sided that Louisiana won’t see a dime from these companies for twenty years, at which point they will all up and leave anyway?
Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
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Posted on 9/15/26 at 10:30 pm to
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It takes less than 50 people to run most data centers
It takes about two of these people to wreck most data centers:



Posted by tigersmanager
Member since Jun 2010
11913 posts
Posted on 9/16/26 at 8:55 am to
good news
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
71387 posts
Posted on 9/16/26 at 9:27 am to
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Donaldsonville is long lost…losing population and it’s almost 80% black


Donaldsonville never recovered from the Union shelling it during the Civil War. The final nail in the coffin was when the levees were constructed cutting off Bayou Lafouche from the Mississippi River, rendering Donaldsonville no longer strategically important for shipping. That was nearly 100 years ago.

Donaldsonville is the city that never was, the ultimate “coulda been a contender”. Donaldsonville was nearly the state capital, the home of LSU, the location of Exxon Mobile, the gateway to Disneyworld, and the nearest city to the site of a great airport, among literally thousands of other projects that died on the vibe because a handful of stodgy landowners didn’t want them.
This post was edited on 9/16/26 at 9:34 am
Posted by iosman987
Member since Feb 2020
69 posts
Posted on 9/16/26 at 11:25 am to
Huge win for local development! Getting massive capital investments like those LNG facilities and steel plants is great for job creation, regardless of all the political noise surrounding these industrial projects.
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