Certified Sites Programs
The LED Certified Sites program qualifies industrial and business sites for use based on zoning restrictions, title work, environmental studies, soil analysis and surveys. These sites are 180-day development-ready and undergo substantial due diligence studies to receive certification.
Louisiana is home to 115+ certified sites, each with unique advantages. Click the map below to find your future site.
Explore Certified Sites
To assist companies needing to make complex site identification decisions, LED has secured or has access to GIS maps for every region of the state — enabling project managers to locate suitable sites quickly.
Statewide Certified Site Success Stories
News Release
December 4, 2024
Meta Selects Northeast Louisiana as Site of $10 Billion Artificial Intelligence Optimized Data Center; Governor Jeff Landry Calls Investment ‘A New Chapter’ for State
Project is expected to result in 500 or more direct new jobs, more than 1,000 indirect jobs and 5,000 construction workers at peak.
Expansive technology...
News Release
August 10, 2023
First Solar to Invest Up to $1.1 Billion to Build Solar Panel Manufacturing Facility in Acadiana, Create Over 700 New Direct Jobs
IBERIA PARISH, La. – First Solar, the largest solar energy manufacturer in the Western Hemisphere, announced it has selected Acadiana Regional Airport as the site...
News Release
May 3, 2021
Gov. Edwards, SafeSource Direct And Ochsner Health Announce PPE Production Facilities In Lafayette, St. Martin Parishes
BROUSSARD, La. — Today, Gov. John Bel Edwards joined Ochsner Health President and CEO Warner Thomas, SafeSource Direct CEO Justin Hollingsworth and other officials to...