Louisiana’s $1 Billion-Plus Project Pipeline, Mapped by Parish

Last updated November 3, 2026. Totals reflect public announcements through that date. This page is revised as projects take a final investment decision, break ground, or change scope; the update log at the bottom records each change.

Louisiana has 21 announced projects of $1 billion or more, totaling $307 billion in stated investment as of November 3, 2026. $147.6 billion of that, across 10 projects, has a final investment decision (FID) or construction under way. The rest is announced and pre-FID, including the single largest line: SpaceX’s $100 billion Starbase Louisiana in Vermilion Parish, where construction is slated to begin in 2027. The map and table below put every project in the parish where it sits, with the figure its company, LED, or regulator stated.

ELIFIN® is Louisiana’s #1 commercial real estate brokerage by number of sales, with Block agents assigned to every commercial property in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, and Lafayette, and a proprietary database of 59,000+ commercial properties and 41,000+ owner contacts that records what actually trades around these sites.

The map

Click any marker for the figure, status, and source. Solid markers have an FID or are under construction. Hollow markers are announced. Marker size scales with the stated investment.

FID taken or under constructionAnnounced, pre-FID

Every project, with the figure its source states

Investment figures are the announced or financed amounts and do not represent spend to date. Where a company has stated a combined total (CP2’s two phases), the combined figure is used once. Projects with no public dollar figure are listed and left out of the totals.

What the list shows

LNG is where the committed money is

Four LNG lines in Calcasieu and Cameron parishes (Woodside, CP2, Commonwealth, Delfin) plus Lake Charles Methanol II total $59.4 billion, and $56.2 billion of that has an FID. Add Richland Parish, where Meta’s $50 billion-plus Hyperion campus and Entergy’s $11 billion of generation sit, and three parishes account for $120.4 billion of the $307 billion.

Two of the three largest lines are not yet under construction

SpaceX ($100 billion) and the Plaquemines LNG expansion ($18 billion) are announced with construction targeted for 2027 and an FID targeted for the first half of 2027, respectively. Together they are 38 percent of the statewide total. The committed figure, $147.6 billion, is the number to plan around; the $307 billion is the ceiling if every announcement proceeds.

The River Parishes cluster is the one most owners can act on

Six projects along the Mississippi between Plaquemine and St. Charles Parish (Hyundai, CF Industries, Ascension Clean Energy, Shintech, DG Fuels, and Southern Energy Renewables) total $25.2 billion. CF Industries and Shintech are expansions inside existing plant fences; Hyundai is a 1,700-acre greenfield site the state assembled for it. Either way, the pressure shows up first in land and contractor-space demand around the sites rather than in new industrial parks.

What it means if you own property near one of these sites

The effect on nearby property arrives in a sequence: land first, then contractor and laydown space, then housing and hospitality, then the service corridor. It starts at the announcement and peaks during construction, years before the first permanent job is filled.

Lafayette Parish, the labor shed and supply base for SpaceX’s Vermilion Parish site, recorded 342 commercial sales and $424.4 million in 2025 and 284 sales and $320.5 million in 2026 through November 2. The SpaceX announcement came in August 2026; its effect on Lafayette land and industrial pricing will show up in 2027 closings, and ELIFIN® will report it here.

Who buys near a megaproject

• Expansion buyers already on the corridor. Plants, gas suppliers, and contractors buying the parcel next door. They pay for adjacency and move fast.
• Laydown and contractor-yard users. A $5.8 billion mill or a $13 billion LNG train needs staging acreage, fabrication space, and equipment yards for three to five years. Flat, road-frontage land within 15 miles trades on that demand.
• Workforce housing and hospitality developers. Peak construction headcounts (1,000 at Hut 8, more than 1,000 at Applied Digital, 2,250 across the Amazon campuses) drive land purchases for apartments, extended-stay hotels, and RV parks before the first permanent job is filled.
• Investors buying the service corridor. Gas stations, quick-service restaurants, and small retail on the route between the site and the nearest interstate exit.

The mistake we see most often

Waiting for the ribbon-cutting. The buyer pool for adjacent land and contractor space is largest between the announcement and peak construction, which for most projects on this list is 2026 through 2029. By the time the plant is operating, the staging yards are empty, the construction workforce has left, and the price that buyer pool would have paid is gone.

Frequently Asked Questions

How much investment has been announced in Louisiana?

$307 billion across 21 projects of $1 billion or more, as of November 3, 2026. $147.6 billion of that, across 10 projects, has a final investment decision or construction under way. The totals are stated investment figures from Louisiana Economic Development, company releases, and regulatory filings; none of it is spend to date.

What is the largest project announced in Louisiana?

SpaceX’s Starbase Louisiana at Pecan Island in Vermilion Parish, announced in August 2026 at $100 billion. It is the largest capital investment announcement in state history, with construction slated to begin in 2027 and a first launch targeted for 2029. The next largest is Meta’s Hyperion AI campus in Richland Parish at more than $50 billion, which is under construction.

Which Louisiana parishes have the most megaproject investment?

Vermilion Parish leads on paper at $100 billion (SpaceX, pre-construction). Richland Parish has $61 billion (Meta Hyperion and Entergy’s generation). Calcasieu and Cameron parishes together have $59.4 billion across four LNG projects and one methanol plant, $56.2 billion of it with an FID. Ascension Parish has $17.3 billion across Hyundai Steel, CF Industries Blue Point, and Ascension Clean Energy.

Which Louisiana megaprojects are actually under construction?

Ten projects totaling $147.6 billion have a final investment decision or are building as of November 3, 2026: Meta Hyperion ($50B+), Venture Global CP2 ($20.7B), Amazon’s Caddo and Bossier data centers ($18B), Woodside Louisiana LNG ($17.5B), Commonwealth LNG ($13B), Hut 8 River Bend ($10B), Hyundai Steel ($5.8B), Delfin LNG ($5B), CF Industries Blue Point ($4B), and Applied Digital Delta Forge 1 ($3.6B).

Should I sell commercial property near a Louisiana megaproject now or wait?

The buyer pool for land and contractor space near a megaproject peaks between the announcement and peak construction, which for most projects on this list is 2026 through 2029. If you would sell at the right number, price the property while the staging-yard, housing, and expansion buyers are active rather than after the plant opens.

Update log

• November 3, 2026: First published. 21 projects, $307.0 billion announced, $147.6 billion committed.