Rob Cleveland’s phone has been blowing up these last few months. Ever since Meta announced that it would be fast-tracking the construction of a $10 billion AI data center in Richland Parish, nearly 20 other developers have contacted the president and CEO of Grow NELA to talk about potential investments, reports 10/12 Industry Report in its spring issue.
The economic development agency, which covers a 10-parish area in northeast Louisiana, had 22 active leads as of early March, an incredible number for the predominantly rural area.
“The words ‘unprecedented’ and ‘transformational’ get thrown around a lot in the economic development space, but I can’t think of any better words to use,” Cleveland said. “It’s utterly remarkable what has happened and what continues to happen.” Read more.
