Sam Barnes

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With a career in industrial and business reporting spanning decades, Sam Barnes has established himself as a trusted voice across South Louisiana. In addition to being a regular contributor to Business Report, he serves as editor of 10/12 Industry Report, a twice-annual publication covering Louisiana’s rapidly expanding industrial sector. Barnes has a unique blend of journalistic experience and corporate business acumen, having earned his bachelor’s degree in journalism from the University of Louisiana at Monroe and MBA from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.

Four data centers are rising at once in Louisiana. The early economic gains are striking, but so is the scale of what comes next.

Regions of the state long known for their economic stagnation—or sluggish growth at best—are...

This Lafayette company wants to send data centers out to sea

In July, Tony Dupuy and the other founders of Lafayette-based Forged Energy Solutions posed...

Less grind, more value

Some of the region's best workplaces are using AI to make the most tedious...

Houston Downstream Conference: AI can lead to an overwhelming tsunami of disconnected info

The downstream petrochemical market is literally being flooded by data. The unfortunate result is...

Landside gaming is giving Baton Rouge’s casino market a successful second act

Not long ago, the Belle of Baton Rouge was pulling in somewhere between $600,000...

Livingston Parish fabricators are betting big on the energy and data center boom

The last six months have brought a whirlwind of job creation to Livingston Parish....

Turner Industries isn’t waiting for nuclear reactors to arrive before building its supply chain

Some in Louisiana’s industrial sector are gambling that the growing clamor for additional nuclear...

AI’s impact on health care is accelerating as public acceptance grows.

In just the last three years, the transformational potential of AI has leapt from...

Why Scott Gaudin cashed out everything to buy a bank

In 2020, Scott Gaudin put all his eggs in one basket. At the height...

Why Brian Haymon chose the riskier path

When Brian Haymon created his own grassroots, from-the-ground-up company at the age of 57,...
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