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FILE #APPLIED-DIGITAL-PROJECT-LIGHTNING-BOYCE-0AFAED87 · UPDATED 2026-04-27
PROPOSED
Applied Digital Project Lightning (Boyce)
Rumored
Announced
Proposed
Permit filed
Approved
Under construction
Operational
Capacity
—
Operator
Applied Digital Corporation (hyperscaler tenant in negotiation, unnamed)
Developer · Applied Digital Corporation
Land
—
Location
BOYCE
Rapides Parish County, LA
Status
Proposed
As of 2026-04-27
§ 03
Officials & their industry receipts
2 TRACKED
Federal officials representing this project's district and what they've taken from data-center / AI / hyperscaler industry sources across cycles.
Bill Cassidy
U.S. Senator · LA
R
$21k
INDUSTRY $
John Kennedy
U.S. Senator · LA
R
—
INDUSTRY $
§ 07
Local voices
2 STATEMENTS
SUPPORT · 2024-12
“Today, Louisiana begins a new chapter. Today, we are delivering new jobs and economic growth on a scale unimaginable before we took office.”
— Jeff Landry, Gov. · LASOURCE ↗
SUPPORT · 2026-02
“This is not going to cost the people of Louisiana any more on their utility rates. You can go find some bad stories in other states, but those stories are not gonna be replicated here.”
— Jeff Landry, Gov. · LASOURCE ↗
§ 08
Industry money in this state
4 PACS TARGETING
Money flowing into the state from AI / data-center / crypto / hyperscaler-aligned super PACs. Not necessarily tied to this project — but the political environment it operates in.
Top 4 · combined budget
$6.10M
American Mission PAC
Budget
$5.00M
Affiliate of Leading the Future super PAC network. $5M cash on hand.
REPORTING ↗Protect Progress
Budget
$1.10M
Fairshake-affiliated Super PAC supporting Democratic crypto/tech-friendly candidates. $1M+ in independent expenditures. Cash on hand: $1.1M.
REPORTING ↗Defend American Jobs
Fairshake-affiliated Super PAC supporting Republican crypto/tech-friendly candidates.
REPORTING ↗Build American AI
501(c)(4) nonprofit linked to Leading the Future. Not required to disclose donors.
REPORTING ↗§ 09
Follow the money in Louisiana
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.
Follow the money in LA
Know when a new data center deal gets cut, who profits, and who signed off on it.
OR · ON THIS PROJECT