A newly released economic impact study commissioned by GrowNELA shows just how transformative Meta’s $10 billion artifi cial intelligence data center project in Richland Parish will be for Northeast Louisiana.
The report, prepared by Ginovus, an independent and globally recognized economic development consultancy, outlines powerful, quantifiable gains to jobs, wages, and tax revenues, underscoring the scale of growth now underway across both the local region (Richland and Ouachita parishes) and the broader Northeast Louisiana Region (10 total parishes).
“This is the first independent study that quantifies the billions of new dollars that will be created, spent and distributed, not only in Richland Parish, but throughout all of Northeast Louisiana,” said Rob Cleveland, President & CEO of GrowNELA. “The visible increase in economic activity in the first six months of this project is staggering. Millions of dollars have already been spent with local vendors and suppliers. This analysis provides a deeper dive of the total announced investment, and the figures are even more impressive than expected.”
