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Landry Unveils $12B Amazon Data Campus Project in Northwest Louisiana
Amazon's $12 billion investment will create 540 full-time jobs and 1,700 support roles, establishing North Louisiana as a key hub for AI and cloud computing infrastructure.
- Amazon said Monday at the Shreveport Municipal Auditorium that it plans to spend $12 billion on two AWS AI data center campuses in Shreveport and Bossier Parishes.
- Industry demand for AI model hosting drives Amazon's capex this month, with most spending expected to go to AI initiatives, including data centers, chips, and networking equipment.
- The campuses will total more than 7 million square feet and are expected to create 540 permanent jobs, support about 1,700 site roles, and generate about 1,500 construction jobs, with AWS pledging $400 million for water infrastructure.
- Public Service Commissioner Foster Campbell said regulators will scrutinize SWEPCO to ensure costs are not passed to ratepayers, emphasizing 'What I'm telling you is that this is not going to cost the people of Louisiana anymore in their utility rates.'
- Local pushback over data-center resource use and quality-of-life impacts has occurred in other states, while Amazon's $700 billion capex plan faces skepticism amid Meta's $27 billion Hyperion project.
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Amazon has announced a $12 billion investment in North Louisiana to build data center campuses across Caddo and Bossier Parishes, creating 540 on-site jobs and supporting 1,700 additional jobs in the community.
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