AGP Executive Report
Last update: a minute agoData Centers: Meta’s Hyperion campus is under construction in Louisiana as the company warns that new U.S. data center projects may face tougher hurdles. New Investment: Robinson Carbon plans a $16.3 million industrial-scale biochar plant at England Airpark, projected to bring 102 direct and indirect jobs. Manufacturing: John Deere will move Hagie sprayer production from Iowa to Thibodaux amid plans to close two Iowa plants; no Louisiana job total was reported. LNG: Venture Global began commercial operations at Phase One of its Plaquemines LNG facility, a major step for the state’s export industry. Workforce: Louisiana ranks fifth for construction labor pressure in a new state index, amid a national shortfall of 349,000 workers. Agriculture: LaSuCa reported record sugar-cane grinding over the past week.
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