SITE DEVELOPMENT: From Shovel-Ready To Speed-Ready
How does speed factor into the new math of site development?
Louisiana
LOUISIANA: Piping in Wins
Louisiana’s data center and LNG portfolio deepens from parish to parish.
SHOVEL – READY SITES
While many states, regions, location advisors and companies bemoan a lack of shovel-ready sites for industrial development, a bevy of certification and funding announcements for that exact type of property continues to proliferate.
Project Bulletin, March 2, 2026: Caddo and Bossier Parishes, Louisiana; Gunsan, South Korea; Hurt, Virginia
Amazon announces its first data center campuses in Louisiana; Hyundai Motor Group to explore new tech and energy applications in South Korea; A new solid missile rocket facility selects Virginia.
Project Bulletin, December 29, 2025: Saint Francisville, Louisiana; Norton, Massachusetts; Jacksonville, Florida
Hut 8 announces a new multi-billion data center campus in Louisiana; Alnylam Pharmaceuticals makes room for future medicine pipeline in Massachusetts; Swisher International plans major expansion in Florida.
Project Bulletin, November 3, 2025: Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana; Kansas City, Missouri; Charles City, Iowa
The nation's first heavy rare earth separation plant lands in Louisiana; Lambda plans to deliver a 100MW AI Factory in Missouri; Cambrex expands pharmaceutical manufacturing capacity in Iowa
Project Bulletin, October 27, 2025: Richland Parish, Louisiana; Elkton, Virginia; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Meta secures billions to construct a new JV data center campus in Louisiana; Pharmaceutical company adds new production facility to its 85-year-old site in Virginia; Eos Energy announced an HQ move and expanded operations in Pennsylvania.
Project Bulletin, September 2, 2025: Ruston, Louisiana; Northamptonshire, England; Shackelford County, Texas
Global defense contractor expands operations in Louisiana; Marks & Spencer prepare to fill domestic supply chain needs in England; Vantage Data Centers brings a new data center campus to Texas.
ASCENSION PARISH, LOUISIANA: Why RiverPlex MegaPark Is on Every Site Selector’s Radar
What began a dozen years ago as a dream to transform a large tract of farmland in south Louisiana into a modern industrial park has emerged this year as a major economic development force in the South.
Louisiana: Billions in Foreign Investment Are Coming To the Energy Sector
Billions in foreign investment are coming to Louisiana’s energy sector.
OIL & GAS: Where Industry Job Seekers Are Gravitating
A new report profiles aspects of the top five U.S. states for energy talent.
Data Centers Moving South
Massive Meta project ‘changes the narrative’ for Louisiana.
5 Things to Know About Louisiana
The state’s new leader of economic development is here to ‘blow it up.’
Gulf Coast Ports: How LNG Energized the South’s Industrial Base
Gulf Coast ports usher in an era of resiliency and record-setting deals.
South Central: Cleaning Up On Clean Energy
The federal Inflation Reduction Act is hitting home in the south-central U.S., where states known for big employers in the oil and gas industries are generating thousands of new jobs in clean energy...
Southwest Louisiana: Welcome to America’s Power Plant
The energy infrastructure of Southwest Louisiana’s five ports fuels industrial growth.
Top Free Zones: Gulf States and California Lead in Impact of U.S. Foreign Trade Zones
Global measures see commerce momentum shifting to Asian ports, with efficiency leaders also found in the Middle East and Africa.
Monroe, Louisiana: Connecting to Success
Where vision becomes reality, collaboration is key to the city’s economic development plans.
Project Bulletin: August 15, 2023
Only two weeks after announcing its intention to build a fifth U.S.-based vertically integrated photovoltaic solar module plant somewhere in the country (and one day after this Site Selection Snapshot highlighting a clean energy manufacturing surge), First Solar, Inc. on August 10 announced it had selected the Acadiana Regional Airport in Iberia Parish, Louisiana, for what is believed to be the single largest capital investment in the area’s history.
Billions Banking on The Bayou
Louisiana cleans up while helping the world meet its clean energy goals.
Bolstered & Better
The transformation of Greater Lake Charles was borne of adversity.
Louisiana Industries’ Clean Energy Partner
Industrial consumers of energy today require much more from their utilities than reliable and competitively priced power.
FREE ZONES: GLOBAL AND U.S. LEADERS THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX
In the USA, Foreign-trade Zones (FTZs) serve a reasonably singular purpose in their operations Reduce customs tariffs.
LOUISIANA TAKES THE LEAD FOR OFFSHORE WIND IN THE GULF
The nation’s first offshore wind farm may have been built off the coast of New England, but it came to fruition with a healthy measure of Cajun ingenuity.