Amazon raised its planned investment in northwest Louisiana data centers to $18 billion, up from the $12 billion commitment it announced in February, and is adding a third campus in Shreveport alongside its existing sites in Caddo and Bossier Parishes. Amazon is partnering with STACK Infrastructure, which owns and is developing all three campuses, to build the facilities.
Jobs on-site and in the community
When the three campuses are fully built, Amazon said they are expected to create up to 750 full-time jobs at its data centers and support 2,500 additional positions in the surrounding community. The company listed the added roles as electricians, HVAC technicians, project engineers, network specialists, operations managers and security specialists. STACK Infrastructure said the three campuses will support up to 2,250 construction jobs.
Louisiana Economic Development secretary Susan B. Bourgeois said the investment is "creating new opportunities for Louisiana people and businesses to grow alongside it," and that local companies are being added to Amazon's contracting pipeline. North Louisiana Economic Partnership president and CEO Justyn Dixon said the $18 billion commitment "puts into perspective the scale of what is taking shape in northwest Louisiana."
Power paid by Amazon
Amazon said it will keep working with Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) to pay 100% of the costs of new power infrastructure and grid upgrades needed to serve the data centers, which the company said also strengthens grid reliability for other SWEPCO customers. SWEPCO president and COO Brett Mattison said the utility's commitment is that "growth should pay for growth." Amazon data center supply solutions director Keith Klein said, "Amazon pays its own way." STACK Americas CEO Matt VanderZanden said the company's "commitment goes beyond what we build."
Efficiency and water use
Amazon said new components in power, cooling and hardware design deliver 12% more compute power, cutting the number of data centers needed to deliver the same capacity. A newer cooling system has cut mechanical energy consumption by up to 46%, and the company is designing its own chips, servers and racks for greater efficiency and longer service life. Amazon said its data centers are more than seven times as water-efficient as the industry average, running on air cooling most of the year and using water to cool incoming air only when ambient temperatures exceed roughly 85 degrees Fahrenheit, which happens less than 13% of the year in the region.
Louisiana track record
Amazon has invested more than $6 billion in Louisiana since 2010, including infrastructure and employee compensation, which the company said has contributed over $6 billion to the state's economy. In the Shreveport area, Amazon opened a robotics fulfillment center in 2024 that employs more than 2,000 people, and a delivery station in 2025.
