The Buildout Registry · Louisiana

Delta Forge 1

Applied Digital · Alexandria, Rapides Parish County, Louisiana

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300 MW
Critical IT planned
0 MW
Energized today
2027
First power
MISO
Grid region · location approximate
In brief

What makes it notable.

  1. A greenfield build of two 150 MW buildings with closed-loop liquid cooling, giving 300 MW critical IT and 430 MW gross planned on a 672-acre parish allocation.
  2. Cleco serves the full campus load on MISO, with Applied Digital reimbursing all infrastructure and generation costs under Louisiana PSC oversight.
  3. Site work began in January 2026 and initial operations are targeted for mid-2027, with parish filings showing the first 300 acres built in four phases.
Deal anatomy

Six layers, and who holds each.

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Power
Cleco
Site and build
Applied Digital (self-build)
Compute
Not disclosed
Cloud operator
Applied Digital
Anchor tenant
Members
Capital
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Timeline

From here to full build.

  1. Oct 2026Today
  2. 2027First powerinitial operations, mid-year
  3. not disclosedFull buildoutinitial 300 acres built in four phases per parish filings
The detail

Each party's role.

Power

Cleco. Regulated MISO utility serving the full campus load; Applied Digital reimburses all infrastructure and generation costs with assurances against cost-shifting to other customers, under Louisiana PSC oversight

Site and build

Applied Digital (self-build). Greenfield build: two 150 MW buildings with closed-loop liquid cooling on a 672-acre parish allocation; site work began January 2026 reported

Compute

Not disclosed. Tenant hardware not announced; purpose-built for AI training and inference workloads inferred

Cloud operator

Applied Digital. Builds, owns and operates the campus under the long-term hyperscaler lease (AI Factory model)

Related sites

Nearby in the buildout.

LivePolaris Forge 1Applied Digital · ND · 400 MW Under constructionPolaris Forge 2Applied Digital · ND · 200 MW PlannedPolaris Forge 3Applied Digital · ND · 300 MW Under constructionRiver BendHut 8 · LA · 245 MW
Sources

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