AVAIO Digital Leo
Little Rock, Pulaski County, AR
Also known as Leo Data Hub
- Rumored
- Proposed
- Approved
- Under construction
- Operating
AVAIO Digital Partners announced on Jan. 12, 2026 AVAIO Digital Leo, a 760-acre data center and power campus near Little Rock in Pulaski County, backed by an initial combined investment of $6 billion from AVAIO and its customers. The company is contracted with Entergy Arkansas for 150 MW and expects power demand to reach as much as 1 GW as the campus grows, and said the first phase would be complete and energized in June 2027.
- Site size
- 760 acres
Key facts
Size & schedule
| Planned capacity | up to 1 GW [1] anticipated power demand as the campus grows, per the company; 150 MW currently contracted with Entergy Arkansas Source excerpt“AVAIO is currently contracted with Entergy Arkansas for 150 MW of power, but the company anticipates power demand of up to 1 GW as the facility grows.” |
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| Site size | 760 acres [1]Source excerpt“At 760 acres, a size sufficient to support a large, multi-building campus with on-site power generation” |
| Stated investment | $6 billion [1] initial combined investment from AVAIO and its customers; CEO Mark McComiskey cites over $21 billion through full development Source excerpt“The campus will be built out in multiple phases with an initial $6 billion combined investment from AVAIO and its customers in infrastructure, power and tenant deployments over the course of the project.” |
| Permanent jobs (promised) | 500 [1] company says more than 500 over the next five years Source excerpt“The new data center campus is expected to ultimately create more than 500 new full-time permanent operations jobs over the next five years as the campus is built out.” |
| Construction jobs | thousands [1] company statement Source excerpt“In addition, the construction phase will bring thousands of new jobs in the region.” |
| Target completion | First phase complete and energized June 2027 (company) [1]Source excerpt“Construction of the first phase of the project is expected to start in the first quarter of 2026 and will be complete and energized in June 2027.” |
How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.
Power
| Utility | Entergy Arkansas [1]Source excerpt“AVAIO is currently contracted with Entergy Arkansas for 150 MW of power, but the company anticipates power demand of up to 1 GW as the facility grows.” |
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| On-site generation type | on-site power using on-site natural gas infrastructure (planned) [1] company description of site advantages Source excerpt“Substantial onsite natural gas infrastructure facilitating rapid deployment of energy-efficient on-site power” |
Water
| Cooling | water-efficient cooling technologies with cooling-system economization (company description) [1]Source excerpt“integrating features such as water-efficient cooling technologies, rainwater recapture systems, rooftop solar generation, and advanced cooling-system economization to reduce overall power demand.” |
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Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.
Timeline
AVAIO Digital Partners announces the AVAIO Digital Leo data center campus near Little Rock in Pulaski County [1]
Issues raised
- DCD, citing local press: "Local press reports the campus will be located on land near Interstate 530 and 145th Street." [3]
- Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders called the $6 billion hub the largest economic investment in Arkansas' history [1][2]
- Construction start and first-phase timing are company plans; no opened source reports whether construction began [1][3]
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Sources
- AVAIO Digital Announces New Large-Scale AI-Ready Data Center and Power Campus in Little Rock, ArkansasArkansas Economic Development Commission · Jan 12, 2026 · government
- $6B Data Center Campus Planned for Pulaski CountyArkansas Money & Politics · Jan 12, 2026 · news
- Avaio to develop $6bn data center campus in Little Rock, ArkansasDatacenterDynamics · Jan 13, 2026 · news
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Last updated Sep 24, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.
| APA | Data Center Census. (2026). AVAIO Digital Leo. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/avaio-digital-leo-little-rock-ar |
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| MLA | “AVAIO Digital Leo.” Data Center Census, Sep 24, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/avaio-digital-leo-little-rock-ar. |
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