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TURNER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
Turner Construction Company’s Meta Richland Parish
Mega Data Center Action Plan
Richland Parish, Louisiana | Hyperscale AI Infrastructure | Multi-Phase Delivery
BASELINE
VERIFIED POSITION
Campus
Meta’s largest data center campus to date; expanded campus planned at approximately 5 GW of IT capacity across nearly 10 million square
feet.
Investment
Turner reported in July 2026 that the expanded campus represents more than $50 billion in investment.
Phase 1
Turner is delivering Phase 1 with DPR Construction and M. A. Mortenson; four primary AI data center buildings began construction in 2025.
Phase 2
Turner and M. A. Mortenson are selected for ten Phase 2 buildings totaling approximately 5.5 million square feet. Preconstruction is
underway through June 2027.
Workforce
Expanded campus expected to support approximately 7,500 peak construction workers and more than 1,000 permanent operations jobs.
Strategic foundation
This research-based action plan translates Turner and Meta’s public project information into a practical execution framework for a hyperscale
AI data center campus. It connects engineering readiness, procurement, multi-trade construction, digital progress control, workforce capacity,
safety, quality, sustainability and progressive turnover.
Strategic objective
Deliver a repeatable, controlled construction system that advances Phase 1 while Phase 2 preconstruction proceeds in parallel, reducing
avoidable interface risk and preserving schedule visibility.
Core actions
• Maintain one integrated master schedule linking design, procurement, construction, commissioning and owner interfaces.
• Use repeatable building templates and standardized work packages where conditions permit, with building-specific technical gates.
• Protect long-lead electrical and mechanical equipment through early procurement, supplier quality, expediting and logistics.
• Use digital construction tools to compare planned and observed progress and surface constraints early.
• Coordinate workforce, subcontractor and local-supplier capacity with the multi-phase construction curve.
• Embed safety, quality and sustainability requirements into work packages.
• Transfer verified Phase 1 lessons into Phase 2 design, procurement and constructability decisions.
Integrity note
Research-based synthesized action plan.
Not an official Turner Construction Company or Meta publication and does not contain
confidential project information.
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1. Current Situation & Project Architecture
Verified project facts
• Turner’s Richland Parish page identifies the campus as Meta’s largest data center campus to date and confirms Turner’s Phase 1 role with
DPR Construction and M. A. Mortenson.
• Phase 1 contains four primary AI data center buildings that began construction in 2025.
• Phase 2 includes ten buildings totaling approximately 5.5 million square feet; preconstruction is underway through June 2027.
• Turner’s July 2026 update describes the expanded campus as approximately 5 GW of IT capacity across nearly 10 million square feet and
more than $50 billion in investment.
• Interior buildout was underway in the first buildings by July 2026.
Phase architecture
LAYER
DELIVERY FOCUS
CONTROL
Campus
Site, utilities, roads, logistics and regional interfaces
Site readiness
Buildings
Four Phase 1 and ten Phase 2 buildings
Turnover sequence
Electrical
Primary distribution, backup power and mission-critical systems
Testing / reliability
Mechanical
Cooling, water and supporting systems
Integrated testing
Technology
Data halls and equipment interfaces
Owner readiness
Commissioning
Progressive testing and acceptance
Turnover dossier
Delivery principles
• Run Phase 1 construction and Phase 2 preconstruction through shared governance and controls.
• Use standardization to improve repeatability without weakening project-specific engineering review.
• Track critical equipment from design release through manufacturing, inspection, shipping, receipt and installation.
• Use progressive commissioning so system readiness is built into construction sequencing.
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2. Strategic Priorities & Implementation Roadmap
01 Integrated master scheduling
Connect Phase 1 construction, Phase 2 preconstruction, procurement, commissioning and owner interfaces in one controlled schedule.
02 Digital progress control
Use field observations, BIM/model information and digital construction platforms where appropriate to compare planned versus observed
progress and surface constraints.
03 Advanced procurement & logistics
Maintain a critical-equipment register covering electrical, mechanical and technology-support items, with expediting and logistics controls.
04 Concurrent preconstruction
Convert Phase 1 lessons into Phase 2 standard work, procurement templates, constructability reviews and risk controls.
05 Safety, quality & workface control
Use constraint-free work packages, inspections, hold points, safety observations, quality trend reviews and rapid corrective action.
06 Workforce & local participation
Forecast craft labor by phase and trade, coordinate workforce-development programs and maintain supplier/subcontractor capacity visibility.
07 Sustainability & resource stewardship
Align construction practices with Meta’s public energy and water objectives and track verified construction resource measures.
Decision gates
GATE
DECISION
EVIDENCE
G1
Design release
Design maturity, interfaces and constructability
G2
Procurement release
Approved specifications, supplier capacity and logistics
G3
Workface release
Drawings, materials, access, labor and safe-work prerequisites
G4
System test
Inspection complete and test readiness
G5
Turnover
Integrated testing, punch closure and owner acceptance
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3. Digital Control, KPI Scorecard & Governance
Digital control framework
INPUT
CONTROL LOGIC
RESPONSE
BIM / design
Compare current design and field conditions with approved work packages
Resolve coordination issues early
Field observations
Identify progress and sequence variance
Prioritize delayed trades
Schedule
Compare planned milestones with actual progress
Recovery / resequencing
Procurement
Track long-lead items to site receipt
Expedite before installation impact
Quality / safety
Trend defects and observations
Target repeat-risk areas
Commissioning
Track tests and punch readiness
Focus turnover resources
Recommended KPI scorecard
AREA
KPI
CADENCE
Safety
Recordable events, high-potential events, corrective-action closure, leading observations
Weekly / monthly
Quality
First-pass acceptance, nonconformance aging, repeat defects
Weekly
Schedule
Critical-path variance, milestone forecast accuracy, workface readiness
Weekly
Procurement
Long-lead status, supplier delivery, inspection release
Weekly
Productivity
Installed quantities versus plan, labor productivity, rework
Weekly
Commissioning
Systems ready for test, tests passed, punch aging
Weekly / monthly
Workforce
Staffing versus plan, training and apprenticeship participation
Monthly
Governance
• Executive steering: strategic decisions and major external dependencies.
• Program leadership: integrated EPC execution, controls, risk and change.
• Functional leads: engineering, procurement, construction, safety, quality and commissioning.
• Workface teams: daily safe execution, quality and constraint removal.
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4. Risk Management, Action-to-Impact & Research Basis
Priority risks
RISK
EXPOSURE
MITIGATION
MEP labor
High demand for skilled trades
Early staffing forecasts, contractor capacity reviews and workforce partnerships
Long-lead equipment
Manufacturing or delivery delays
Critical-item register, early release, expediting and supplier inspections
Multi-building interfaces
Trade congestion and sequencing conflicts
Integrated schedule, workface planning and model coordination
Design changes
Rework or schedule disruption
Design gates, change control and constructability reviews
Site logistics
Material/workforce congestion
Delivery windows, laydown controls and logistics management
Acceleration pressure
Safety or quality degradation
Objective readiness gates; never bypass mandatory controls
Action-to-impact chain
ACTION
OUTPUT
EXPECTED IMPACT
Integrated controls
Single schedule/risk/change view
Faster constraint resolution
Digital progress monitoring
Earlier variance visibility
More targeted recovery action
Early procurement
Protected long-lead path
Lower installation-delay risk
Concurrent preconstruction
Phase 2 templates and packages
Reduced transition lag
Progressive commissioning
System acceptance packages
Smoother owner turnover
Verified vs. synthesized
• Verified: Phase 1 role with DPR Construction and M. A. Mortenson; four Phase 1 AI buildings; Phase 2 selection with M. A. Mortenson; ten
Phase 2 buildings totaling approximately 5.5 million square feet.
• Verified: July 2026 expanded-campus figures of approximately 5 GW IT capacity, nearly 10 million square feet, more than $50 billion
investment, approximately 7,500 peak construction workers and more than 1,000 permanent operations jobs.
• Verified: Turner’s company-wide 2025 and Q1 2026 results show data centers as a major growth driver; Q1 2026 new orders increased 48%
year over year to $12.1 billion.
• Synthesized: detailed KPIs, governance, digital control framework, risk register and execution gates.
• Excluded as unverified project-specific claims: 60,000 gallons of renewable diesel, guaranteed zero-emission construction, a specific
Richland Parish Buildots deployment, and attributing Turner’s 48% company-wide order growth to this single project.
Research basis
• Turner Construction Company — Richland Parish Data Center project page.
• Turner Construction Company — Expanded Meta Data Center Creates More Jobs and Opportunity in Richland Parish, Louisiana, July 16,
2026.
• Turner Construction Company — Meta to Invest More than $10 Billion in Louisiana Data Center Campus, December 4, 2024.
• Turner Construction Company — Turner Accelerates Growth as New Orders Increase by Nearly 50% in First Quarter 2026, May 27, 2026.
• Turner Construction Company — Turner Achieves Record Revenue and Backlog in 2025, March 3, 2026.
• Turner Construction Company — Critical Facilities Market and Offsite Manufacturing capability pages.
Planning conclusion
Richland Parish should be managed as a repeatable multi-phase delivery system rather than a single building project. Phase 1 construction
and Phase 2 preconstruction should share governance, procurement, digital-progress, workforce, safety, quality and commissioning controls,
while verified lessons from each building transfer into subsequent releases.
Prepared as a research-based planning document | Public information checked through September 16, 2026.
