re: META building an office in ST Francisville ?

I believe it. Probably only have like 5 people working there though. Those AI server racks take butt loads of power.

I work in the tech industry in West Feliciana Parish and have spoken to someone who is actually affiliated with this project. Yes it is true and yes it is meta that is building next to Entergy. The reason they are building there is because of the power requirements of the data center. From what I was told energy cannot handle yeah power requirements on their grid for the storage center so big cage and Entergy are going in together to build another power plant that will supply more power. It's not going to be nuclear from what I understand it's just going to be another coal plant.
Believe it or not it's coming

Seems like a great thing for the area/state

Holly Ridge project could be up to $10+ billion investment IF it happens.

Look toward the middle of the link for the information.

“ Richland TodayCompany: Laidley, LLC
Project Location Richland Parish
Targeted Employment: The Company and/or its affiliates shall be responsible for creating and maintaining in the State a certain number of full time equivalent (“FTE”) jobs with wages averaging 150% of the then statewide annual average wage, based on the total amount of Capital Investment associated with the Project as outlined in the following chart. “Capital Investment” shall mean that portion of the cost to the Company of acquiring, constructing, installing and equipping the Project that is, or would be with a proper election, eligible to be capitalized into the Project for U.S. federal income tax purposes (without regard to whether such expenditures are so capitalized.) “

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If all I’ve heard is true, anyone wanting to retire to West Feliciana missed their chance

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It’s a data center. A huge ugly building will take hundreds of acres, a lot of electricity, and hire a couple of dozen people + contracted security and lawn maintenance.

It’s not nothing, but they don’t employ the amount of people you’d think given the size of these facilities. Construction and setup will be a huge boost to the economy. But long term….it’s not a transformational project that will disrupt the current feel of West Feliciana.

Upgrades to the power plant are another story. That could be a nice boost with solid local jobs. I hope they add another reactor there but I am sure they’ll just build a natural gas or coal plant either there or in New Roads. West Fel and Pointe Coupee are both big energy generators. That might expand and bring in 30-50 jobs with solid salaries. Not transformational either but a nice little bump to that area if taken in conjunction with the data center.

Overall it’s good news. But it’s not like an automobile plant or something else that’s labor intensive and truly transforms the area around it.

Real question is will the Bluffs golf course now make a come back??

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It’s in a location that’s out of sight and out of mind. Nobody is looking at it for jobs only tax revenue for the parish.

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That it will provide plenty of. Sort of like the solar farms.

Heard this project may be dead.

Charles Griffin Attorney filed a lis pendens against the parish and the LLC over the 107 acres potentially in agreement to whichever company would build the data center

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Reason : lots of

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AI Sexbots

Lamar Odom just got one. At $8,000 a piece most horny dudes can finance it and it’s going to require some serious data. Dad goes to work snd the neighborhood kids film themselves making hashtag videos.