(The Center Square) – Bossier City leaders will consider a measure to support future infrastructure project costs with an anticipated increase in local spending and business activity due to the construction of a data center in rural Bossier Parish.
On Tuesday, the council will consider an ordinance to establish the “infrastructure capital fund.” The fund will draw from a percentage of sales tax revenue that is expected to increase as the Amazon data center is constructed north of Benton.
Amazon and its development partner, STACK infrastructure, announced their commitment to a $6 billion investment for the construction of a data center campus in Bossier. The site will reportedly consist of six buildings, each measuring 218,000 square feet.
Amazon’s project is eligible for a 2024 state program that exempts most sales and use taxes but the company agreed to pay a 1% parish-level sales tax for certain construction-related costs.
Bossier’s proposed ordinance requires that a small percentage of its sales tax collections be set aside for infrastructure. In 2025, the city collected approximately $67 million in sales tax revenue, according to the Sales and Use Tax Division.
The move, if approved, could help the city avoid taking out new loans or issuing bonds. The city “wishes to ensure” future needs can be met with a “minimum issuance of new debt,” the ordinance said.
Infrastructure typically addresses projects related to roads, water systems, sewer lines, drainage and sometimes public facilities.
The ordinance says the fund’s operational life would begin in January 2027 and conclude in five years or until the data center is complete. Spending decisions are left to the mayor and council, with funds made available at the end of the collection period, possibly in 2032, the ordinance says.
The Meta data center project in Richland Parish recently paid a massive $22.4 million sales tax payment to the parish tax commission, which is more than the total of most of their entire years, according to reporting by the Shreveport-Bossier City Advocate.
Bossier City finance officials did not respond to The Center Square’s request for additional details.
The city is also expecting an additional $12 million annually for selling water service to the Amazon campus. The city entered into a water services agreement with TXLAAR, a legal entity for the project, to provide water for the massive site, according to a Bossier Police Jury official.
