Applied Digital Delta Forge 1 (Boyce)
Boyce, Rapides County, LA
Source: Primary source
Applied Digital Delta Forge 1 (Boyce) is a under construction data center in Rapides County, LA, operated by Applied Digital Corporation. DataCentersExposed has documented 300 MW of reported power capacity at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 21, 2026
Overview
source: linkDelta Forge 1 is a $3.6 billion, roughly 300-acre data center campus that Applied Digital (Nasdaq: APLD) is building near the small town of Boyce, in Rapides Parish, Louisiana. The first phase is two buildings drawing about 300 MW, purpose-built for large-scale GPU compute training and inference. The campus uses a closed-loop cooling system that recirculates the same coolant rather than continuously consuming water, a notable contrast with evaporative-cooled peers. Site development began in January 2026, with first operations expected around mid-2027, and Cleco is contracted to supply power. Louisiana Economic Development counts about 200 permanent on-site jobs (at roughly 150 percent of the state average wage) plus more than 1,000 peak construction jobs. Location is approximate to Boyce pending a published footprint.
Operator chain
- Ultimate parentApplied Digital Corporation
- Files asApplied Digital Corporation
- This facilityApplied Digital Delta Forge 1 (Boyce)
The grid behind this site, right now
source: MISO · gridstatus- Natural Gas34.4%
- Coal30.4%
- Solar15.2%
- Nuclear10.4%
- Imports6.5%
- Other1.8%
- Wind1.2%
Real-time generation mix for the MISO grid this site draws from, as of Jul 15, 2026, 4:35 PM. ISO-wide, not this facility's own metering. Source: gridstatus.
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Fact Check: What early documents confirm about Applied Digital’s data center coming to Rapides ParishKALB | News Channel 5· Jun 24, 2026
- Town hall hosted for incoming Rapides Parish data centerKALB | News Channel 5· Jun 23, 2026
- People express doubt, anger about proposed projects in RapidesThe Town Talk· Jun 12, 2026
- Applied Digital secures customer for new 210MW data center campusData Center Dynamics· Jun 9, 2026
- Applied Digital Plans $3.6B AI Campus in Rapides ParishBiz New Orleans· May 27, 2026
- AI data center to be built in Rapides Parishlouisianaradionetwork.com· May 27, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Northwood High School in Lena, is 2.3 mi from this site (613 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.