EdgeConneX EDC New Orleans

Operating
EdgeConneXNew Orleans, LouisianaTier 3

About This Facility

EdgeConneX New Orleans edge data center.

Facility

Power Capacity
3 MW
Square Footage
30K sq ft
Est. Employees
161
Tier
Tier 3
Status
Operating

New Orleans-Metairie, LA Market Overview

New Orleans's economy spans port and shipping (the deep-water Port of New Orleans), energy (offshore oil and gas service companies, the Louisiana Offshore Oil Port), tourism and hospitality, and healthcare. Data centers serve those enterprise tenants — two tracked facilities and roughly 400 NAICS 518 jobs (estimated). The metro is a small but specialized market with energy-and-tourism backbone.

The trades pool is compact. HVAC technicians at $63,500 actually edge ahead of electricians at $62,490 — a slight reversal driven by the punishing year-round cooling-and-humidity load. The 4,940 maintenance and repair workforce earns $45,260. The 6,650 security officer pool is relatively large for a metro this size, reflecting tourism and energy facility security demand.

For a trades worker, New Orleans is HVAC-favorable in a way few metros are. The climate makes precision cooling expertise particularly valuable. Best fit for HVAC technicians and for maintenance workers from offshore energy backgrounds pivoting to facility ops. The data center component is small but the climate adjacency creates real specialty value.

AI-generated summary

Local Labor Market

Median wage and metro-area employment for each role across New Orleans-Metairie, LA, from BLS OES 2026. The industry-jobs figure is BLS QCEW NAICS 518 (Data Processing & Hosting).

Electrician

$62,490

avg / year · 2,240 in metro

$

HVAC Technician

$63,500

avg / year · 1,280 in metro

$

Maintenance Worker

$45,260

avg / year · 4,940 in metro

$

Security Officer

$32,240

avg / year · 6,650 in metro

$

Network/Systems Admin

$91,570

avg / year · 360 in metro

$

IT Support Specialist

$59,800

avg / year · 1,110 in metro

$

IT Manager

$131,570

avg / year · 800 in metro

$

Data Center Industry Jobsestimated

429

NAICS 518 in metro · $109,105 avg / year

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