Where Louisiana Industrial Does Business

Radio was my first advertising media job, and it's still my first love. So when I found out this morning I'd be on air with Brian Haldane on Mornings with Brian Haldane on Talk 107.3, I couldn't have been happier. I wasn't expecting it. A good surprise is the best kind.

Brian is a phenom. He cuts straight to what people want to know, and his question was simple: what's really going on with industrial business in Louisiana?

VERMILION PARISH, La. — More details about the proposed $100 billion SpaceX site in Vermilion Parish have been revealed after companies submitted a coastal use permit application more than a week ago.

The group, called the Southwest Louisiana Coastal Infrastructure Improvement Project, submitted the application Sept. 25. It includes Space Exploration Technologies Corp., based in Starbase, Texas, and two Lafayette firms, Duplantis Design Group and Fenstermaker, according to NOLA.com.

Louisiana’s congressional races are highlighting a growing political divide over how much government should regulate the water and electricity use of data centers, as facilities such as Amazon’s Shreveport project and Meta’s Richland Parish campus expand, Louisiana Illuminator reports. 

Democratic candidates generally express concern about the resources data centers require and argue that stronger regulation or legally binding protections may be needed to ensure the facilities cover their costs, with several saying ratepayer protection pledges from companies and utilities are not enough. 

STARBASE, Texas — Plumes of vapor burst from the launchpad beneath the rocket, then a flame, pale in the early morning light, visible but silent.

The rocket rose steadily. A seagull screeched. People yelled: “Whoa!” and “Go!”

Then, as the rocket pierced the clouds, the sound arrived, about 30 seconds after ignition — a fast, pulsing rumble, like the thrum of one car window cracked open on the highway, but much stronger, deep enough to feel in your chest and rattle windows.

In just two short weeks, we've sat across the table from some of Louisiana's best and brightest, interviewing them for a seat at the Louisiana Launch Alliance.

A Louisiana business owner created the LLA for Louisiana businesses to secure Louisiana's prosperity. We've met with leaders in construction, mobile housing, commercial and residential real estate and development, banking and investments, environmental, hiring, and logistics.