Amazon data center to generate $12M annually for Bossier City water service
The Amazon Web Services data center near Benton, Louisiana, will provide Bossier City with approximately $12 million annually for water services. This funding will facilitate significant upgrades to the city's aging water infrastructure, helping to reduce water loss and mitigate the need for increased withdrawals from the Red River to supply the data center.
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) data center, currently under development north of Benton, Louisiana, is set to generate substantial revenue for Bossier City's water services. Ken Ward, administrator for the Bossier Parish Police Jury, announced that the facility will contribute around $12 million annually to the city for water usage.
This agreement with TXLAAR, the legal entity for the project, includes Amazon funding crucial upgrades and repairs to Bossier City's aging water infrastructure. These improvements are anticipated to recover a significant amount of lost water, potentially eliminating the need for increased withdrawals from the Red River to meet the data center's demand, especially during peak operations expected to begin in 2028.
The $6 billion project, being developed by STACK Infrastructure for Amazon, will include six buildings, each approximately 218,000 square feet. The data center is projected to draw several million gallons of water daily for cooling servers. Ward highlighted the agreement as a "win-win" for Bossier City, addressing long-standing infrastructure issues while securing revenue.
Discussions on water-related topics, including the projected water extraction, also took place at a Caddo Parish Commission rural development committee meeting in Shreveport. Both Caddo and Bossier parishes stand to benefit from improved water systems that currently lose around 25% of treated water annually. Ward expects the infrastructure upgrades to be completed before the first building of the data center campus is operational in 2028.