The Acadiana region is on the cutting-edge of technology initiatives.  Several unique projects make Acadiana stand out from the rest of the world.  One such project allows local businesses to have one of the world's most powerful supercomputers at their fingertips. 

The Louisiana Immersive Technologies Enterprise (LITE) provides businesses across all industries the ability to work within an affordable visualization environment.  The center is one of only a handful of facilities in the world that combines supercomputing capabilities with advanced visualization, available for use by both private and public sectors.

In addition, Lafayette recently launched a Fiber to the Premises Initiative, which includes a 65-mile, 96-strand fiber optic ring around the city that will provide fiber connectivity to every home and business in Lafayette.

Stretching Acadiana's connectivity even further is the Louisiana Opitcal Network Initiative (LONI), a fiber optic network connecting supercomputers at the major research universities in Louisiana, allowing for computation speeds greater than 1,000 times the rate previously possible.  LONI connects Louisiana to the National LambdaRail, a 15,000-mile, nation-wide fiber network dedicated to research.