$2.5 billion West Feliciana data center approved with 'aggressive timeline to build'
The plan is to lease the center to an undisclosed tenant, which will then buy billions worth of computers and equipment.
Planned Hut 8 data center in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, gets green light
An AI data center development planned by Bitcoin mining company Hut 8 in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, has been approved. Parish officials voted unanimously for the build on January 6, 2025. Located just outside Baton Rouge, Hut 8 was named as the company behind the 107-acre development at the end of last year.
West Feleciana Parish approves new location for Hut 8 AI Meta Data Center
At a council meeting Monday night, council members voted unanimously for the approval of a new AI Meta Data Center. This is the second center being built in Louisiana.
Trump announces $20B plan to build new data centers in the US
President-elect Donald Trump has announced that Hussain Sajwani, an Emirati billionaire businessman who founded the property development giant DAMAC Properties, will invest $20 billion in new data centers across the United States.
Hut 8 building permit a ‘significant step’ toward data center, says Benchmark
Benchmark notes that the West Feliciana Parish planning and zoning commission voted to approve Hut 8’s (HUT) building permit, which the analyst
Hut 8 secures data center approval, reinforcing Wall Street's bullishness
Hut 8 Corp. (NASDAQ:HUT) saw Wall Street analysts reiterate their bullish stance on the vertically integrated operator of energy infrastructure and bitcoin (BTC-USD) miners after securing approval for a data center project.
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Louisiana’s $10B Meta AI data center named 2024 Deal of the Year
The $10 billion Meta artificial intelligence data center under construction in Richland Parish was named the Platinum 2024 ...
With Meta AI data center coming to Richland Parish economy set to benefit
Louisiana’s economy showed mixed progress last year with faster wage growth in Northern Louisiana compared with southern ...
Louisiana earns 'Deal of the Year' award for historic Meta AI Data Center project
Business Facilities magazine announced on January 8, 2025.
CES 2025: How To Meet AI’s Inexhaustible Demands For Power
CES should be called the AI Show as Nvidia and an uncountable number of emerging vendors are infusing AI into their future ...
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Trump announces $20 billion AI data center deal
Donald Trump announced a $20 billion deal with Damac Group’s Hussain Sajwani to build state-of-the-art AI data centers across ...
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Why Louisiana is in a ‘sweet spot’ for attracting tech giants
State officials are making a concerted effort to position Louisiana as a leader in the realm of AI—and those efforts appear ...
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What's Next For The AI Hype Cycle And The Data Center Boom? Industry Leaders Make 2025 Predictions
Big Tech hyperscalers like Amazon, Microsoft and Meta will expand development pipelines as they pursue gigawatt-scale ...