01 / Residents
Homes and jobs for the people
around Louisiana’s new campuses.
Uwe Jens Cerron / Liquid Build
I own and run rental housing near Delta Forge. I help my tenants get the new jobs, help the companies arriving with the community side, and house their workers when they need it.
Jobs are coming. Homes are not.
Three campuses are bringing more than 9,000 workers to small Louisiana towns. The whole Alexandria metro permitted 280 homes last year.
Community first. Then the housing.
I own and run homes 15 to 20 minutes from the gate. My tenants get a path to the new jobs. Employers get a neighbor who helps, and a place for their workers to live.
Towns that stand for something.
Space. Compute. Energy. Each town gets one. A campus brings jobs, and somebody has to decide what kind of place grows up around it.
Three markets in Louisiana
WhereRapides Parish
Applied Digital, Delta Forge, Boyce
1,000+
construction workers at peak and 200 permanent jobs. Coca-Cola UNITED, Plastipak and two plants at England Airpark are expanding nearby. The whole Alexandria metro issued 280 building permits in 2025.
Where I own and operate today
Richland Parish
Meta, Hyperion data center
5,000
workers expected at peak, in a parish of about 20,000 people. Crews are living in hotels, short-term rentals and new RV parks, and local rents have climbed.
Where the shortage is already here
Vermilion Parish
SpaceX, Starbase Louisiana, Pecan Island area
3,000
direct jobs and about 8,100 indirect, with a first launch planned for 2029. Employee housing is expected only at full buildout, years after the crews arrive.
Where it is about to start
Louisiana Economic Development on Delta Forge and Starbase Louisiana; Fortune on Richland Parish; permits from Redfin.
About
Uwe Jens Cerron
Founder, Liquid Build
Author, Liquid Labor
Computer science, Stanford
Finance and economics, FIU
I ran Selenis Construction until 2021, building schools, roads and whole residential developments. I own and operate rental housing in Rapides Parish today. Before that I co-founded two venture-backed companies, and I write Liquid Labor, my research on the buildout behind these campuses.
The bigger idea
A campus brings jobs.
It does not bring a town.
Twenty minutes of your time
ContactTell me how many people you expect to hire and house, and when. I will come back with how my residents can help fill those jobs and what homes I can have ready.
I am an independent developer and am not affiliated with or endorsed by Applied Digital, SpaceX, Hut 8 or the State of Louisiana.