Amazon plans to invest $12 billion to build new data center campuses in northwest Louisiana, expanding its infrastructure to support artificial intelligence and cloud computing workloads.
The facilities will be located across Caddo and Bossier parishes and are designed to bolster the company’s growing demand for cloud services.
Amazon said the investment will create 540 full-time jobs at the data centers and support an estimated 1,710 additional full-time equivalent roles in the broader community, including electricians, HVAC technicians, engineers, network specialists, operations managers and security staff.
To power the campuses, Amazon is working with local utility Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) and will cover 100% of the costs tied to new energy infrastructure and grid upgrades required for the sites.
The buildout adds to Amazon’s existing footprint in Louisiana, which includes four fulfillment and sortation centers, seven delivery stations and seven Whole Foods Market locations.
In the Shreveport area, Amazon opened a delivery station in 2025 and launched an advanced robotics fulfillment center in 2024.
The company also has solar investments in the state generating up to 200 megawatts of capacity — enough to power roughly 44,000 homes.
Amazon is partnering with Stack Infrastructure to develop and construct the data center campuses. Stack expects the project to support up to 1,500 construction jobs.
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The data centers will use verified surplus water — defined as water exceeding current community needs — and only during peak summer temperatures.
Amazon expects water-based cooling to be required less than 13% of the year. For the remaining 87%, facilities will rely on outside air cooling systems, which the company says can reduce electricity demand by 25% to 35% during peak grid periods.
As part of the project, Amazon plans to invest up to $400 million in public water infrastructure and is working toward “water positive” operations by 2030.
Under that goal, Amazon Web Services aims to return more water to local watersheds than it consumes in direct operations.
“Amazon’s $12 billion investment in northwest Louisiana will build next-generation data center campuses to support AI and cloud computing, ensuring opportunities for local communities,” said David Zapolsky, Amazon’s chief global affairs and legal officer, in a corporate blog post.
“We’re creating hundreds of high-paying jobs and making substantial investments in local infrastructure to serve customers.”
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