AI data center power capacity target
Company: Applied Digital - Project: Delta Forge 1
The claim, verbatim
Applied Digital's AI data center project in Rapides Parish could reach approximately 430 megawatts by 2028
Source (primary)
Cleco Power to get expedited review for Applied Digital power project - 10/12 Industry Report (-, news_article)
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Quote: “The project could reach roughly 430 megawatts by 2028”
How we checked this
Checked on September 26, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article places the project in Rapides Parish and says it could reach roughly 430 megawatts by 2028.
Confirmed in the source:
- Applied Digital's AI data center project is in Rapides Parish
- The project could reach approximately 430 megawatts by 2028
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.1012industryreport.com/technology/ai/ceco-power-to-get-expedited-review-for-applied-digital-power-project/) in full (2,122 characters, retrieved September 22, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Cleco Power to get expedited review for Applied Digital power project - 10/12 Industry Report
Quote: “The project could reach roughly 430 megawatts by 2028”