Amazon is expanding its planned data center development in northwest Louisiana, adding $6 billion to its investment and bringing the company’s total commitment in the region to $18 billion.
The expansion will add a third data center campus at Resilient Technology Park in Shreveport, extending Amazon’s planned digital infrastructure footprint across Caddo and Bossier parishes. The facilities will support cloud computing and artificial intelligence workloads as demand for large-scale computing capacity continues to grow across the United States.
Amazon initially announced a $12 billion investment in northwest Louisiana in February 2026. The latest expansion comes less than six months later and increases the scale of one of the state’s largest digital infrastructure developments.
Third Data Center Campus Expands Amazon’s Louisiana Footprint
The new Shreveport campus will join two previously planned Amazon data center campuses in northwest Louisiana.
Amazon will continue working with STACK Infrastructure, which will develop and own the campuses and lead their construction. STACK expects the expanded development to support up to 2,250 construction jobs, creating opportunities for contractors, skilled trades and suppliers across the region.
The additional $6 billion investment is expected to create 210 direct jobs. Louisiana Economic Development estimates another 499 indirect jobs, bringing the potential employment impact of the expansion to 709 positions in the Northwest Region.
Across all three campuses, Amazon expects to support up to 750 direct jobs, while Louisiana Economic Development estimates the full development could generate another 1,784 indirect jobs.
The expansion also adds to Amazon’s broader presence in Louisiana. The company has invested more than $6 billion across the state since 2010, including fulfillment and delivery facilities, Whole Foods Market locations and renewable energy investments.
Amazon to Fund Power and Water Infrastructure
The scale of the data center development requires significant investment in supporting infrastructure, with Amazon committing to fund the infrastructure needed to serve its facilities.
Amazon plans to invest up to $400 million in public water infrastructure supporting all three campuses. The company is coordinating with local utilities to provide sufficient water capacity for the data centers while maintaining service for existing customers.
The campuses are being designed to limit water use for cooling. Amazon expects the facilities to rely on air cooling for most of the year, using water-based cooling when temperatures rise above approximately 85 degrees Fahrenheit. The company estimates water-based cooling will be required for less than 13% of the year.
Amazon also plans to work with partners on programs intended to return more water to local watersheds than its operations consume.
On the power side, Amazon is working with Southwestern Electric Power Company, or SWEPCO, to fund the new energy infrastructure and grid upgrades required to serve the data centers.
The arrangement is designed to prevent the costs associated with serving Amazon’s new load from being passed on to existing ratepayers while also supporting broader grid reliability in northwest Louisiana.
SWEPCO President and COO Brett Mattison said the utility is prepared to provide the reliable power required to support the region’s new investment while protecting existing customers from the costs of that growth.
As data center operators expand their computing capacity, securing reliable and renewable electricity is becoming an increasingly important part of project development. QTS, for example, has signed a 48 MWac solar power purchase agreement with ENGIE to supply renewable energy to its data center operations in Irving, Texas, linking the facility’s growing power needs with generation from ABEI Energy’s Lubio Solar project in Kaufman County.
Development to Support AI and Cloud Computing
Amazon’s Louisiana expansion comes as hyperscale data center developers accelerate investment in infrastructure capable of supporting artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
Amazon Web Services, Amazon’s cloud computing division, is investing heavily in advanced computing infrastructure, specialized AI hardware and other technologies required to support generative and agentic AI applications.
The Northwest Louisiana campuses will form part of that broader infrastructure network, giving Amazon additional large-scale computing capacity while expanding its physical presence in a region that is attracting several major digital infrastructure projects.
Louisiana has increasingly positioned northwest Louisiana as a destination for large-scale data center development, supported by available industrial sites, power infrastructure and workforce development programs.
The state has also introduced measures intended to accommodate large electricity users while protecting existing utility customers and addressing infrastructure and natural-resource requirements.
Workforce and Local Business Opportunities
Amazon plans to work with local educational institutions, technical colleges and community organizations to develop workforce programs for careers associated with data center construction and operations.
The programs are expected to support training for electricians, HVAC technicians, project engineers, network specialists, operations managers and security specialists.
The expanded development will also create opportunities for Louisiana contractors and suppliers. Through Source Louisiana, in-state companies can register for visibility around contracting and vendor opportunities associated with major economic development projects.
The scale of construction could make the Amazon development a significant source of work for regional construction companies and skilled-trade contractors as the three campuses move forward.
Amazon Expands Community Investment
Amazon’s growing data center presence is also generating additional community investment in northwest Louisiana.
Since the company’s initial data center announcement in February, Amazon has awarded nearly $500,000 through the Amazon Northwest Louisiana Community Fund to 46 local nonprofits, schools and community members.
The grants have supported priorities including food assistance, transitional housing, youth robotics and education programs.
Amazon said the expansion will continue its commitment to local communities as construction and development progress.
The company is also participating in Louisiana’s Data Center Sales and Use Tax Exemption as part of the development.
With the additional $6 billion commitment, Amazon’s northwest Louisiana data center strategy has grown from two planned campuses and $12 billion of investment into a three-campus, $18 billion development. The expansion further establishes Shreveport and the surrounding region as an emerging center for the infrastructure supporting cloud computing and AI.
Project Factsheet
- Project: Amazon Northwest Louisiana Data Center Development
- Developer/operator: Amazon Web Services
- Development partner: STACK Infrastructure
- Location: Northwest Louisiana, including Caddo and Bossier parishes
- New campus: Resilient Technology Park, Shreveport
- Total planned investment: $18 billion
- Additional investment: $6 billion
- Original investment: $12 billion
- Number of planned campuses: Three
- Direct jobs across three campuses: Up to 750
- Additional indirect jobs: Up to 1,784
- New direct jobs from expansion: 210
- Additional indirect jobs from expansion: 499
- Construction jobs: Up to 2,250
- Public water infrastructure investment: Up to $400 million
- Power infrastructure: Amazon will fund required energy infrastructure and grid upgrades through its work with SWEPCO
- Primary workloads: Cloud computing and artificial intelligence
- Cooling approach: Primarily air cooling, with water-based cooling expected during the hottest periods
- Water cooling requirement: Expected for less than 13% of the year
- Initial announcement: February 2026
- Current development: Third campus added and total investment increased to $18 billion
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