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AVAIO Digital Leo Campus

AVAIO Digital Partners · , AR · United States

Facility record

Lifecycle
ProposedSource-reported lifecycle
Location precision
approximate
Address as listed
145th Street
Coordinates
34.68, -92.296
Serving utility, source-reported
Entergy Arkansas
Operational capacity, source-reported
Not published
Planned capacity, source-reported
Not published
Source record updated
2026-10-28

Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.

Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.

Reported lifecycle history

  1. Proposed

    AVAIO Digital announces $6B+ AI-ready data center campus in Pulaski County; Governor Sanders describes it as largest economic investment in Arkansas history; construction targeted Q1 2026 start

    Underlying source

Source notes

Location: off Interstate 530 near 145th Street, Pulaski County; coordinates are approximate for the I-530 corridor south of Little Rock. Named after the Leo constellation. Initial $6B investment may grow to $21B through full build-out. First phase completion targeted June 2027. Campus sits near long-haul fiber routes connecting Dallas, Atlanta, and Memphis. A Q1 2026 construction start was planned as of announcement. As of October 2026, AVAIO's development page says AVAIO "has broken ground" on the campus, while at a July 13, 2026 community meeting AVAIO's project manager said construction was expected to begin in early 2027, with the permits needed to start earthworks in hand (Arkansas Times); the record is listed as proposed. The 760-acre land area is the site size given in the January 2026 announcement and the July 2026 Arkansas Times account; as of October 2026, AVAIO's development page describes a 296-acre project located about 7.7 km from the map pin, which stays approximate. The January 2026 announcement says AVAIO anticipates power demand of up to 1 GW as the facility grows; that is a ceiling on power demand, not IT capacity, so no planned capacity is recorded. The energy source is mixed rather than on-site gas. The 150 MW figure is the Entergy Arkansas grid supply contract, not on-site generation, and as of July 2026 on-site gas capacity was unquantified in sources. The recorded 500 MW of on-site generation is from AVAIO's development page for the campus, which lists "500 MW Total Baseload BTM" (behind the meter) alongside "570 MW Total Grid Power" and "1,070 MW Total Baseload Power"; as of October 2026, the page does not name the fuel for the behind-the-meter capacity. Arkansas's data-center sales-and-use tax exemption (Act 819 of 2023, expanded by Act 548 of 2025) likely applies given the investment scale. AVAIO's development page states that "the State of Arkansas offers substantial Sales and Use Tax incentives for data center tenants, reducing total cost of ownership on qualifying capital expenditures", but as of October 2026 names no award or amount; as of July 2026 no AVAIO-specific incentive award had been published.

150 MW contracted from Entergy Arkansas (grid supply; energized Q2 2027 per the January 2026 announcement, Q4 2027 per AVAIO's development page as of October 2026); additional substantial on-site natural gas infrastructure planned (the January 2026 announcement gives no capacity; as of October 2026, AVAIO's development page lists "500 MW Total Baseload BTM" without naming the fuel); up to 1 GW anticipated total demand as facility grows. Rainwater capture, rooftop solar, and advanced cooling economization also planned.

Sources and provenance

Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.

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