Bossier City eyes infrastructure fund tied to data center
Bossier City leaders are considering an ordinance to establish an infrastructure capital fund, which will be financed by sales tax revenue from the construction of a $6 billion Amazon and STACK Infrastructure data center campus. The fund aims to support future infrastructure needs and prevent new city debt, with additional revenue expected from water services provided to the data center.
Bossier City leaders are set to consider an ordinance on Tuesday to create an "infrastructure capital fund." This fund would be financed by a percentage of sales tax revenue, which is projected to increase significantly due to the ongoing construction of a major data center campus in rural Bossier Parish.
Amazon and its development partner, STACK Infrastructure, are behind the $6 billion investment, planning a campus with six buildings, each 218,000 square feet, located north of Benton. While the project qualifies for a 2024 state sales and use tax exemption program, Amazon has agreed to pay a 1% parish-level sales tax on certain construction-related costs. The proposed ordinance would allocate a small percentage of these anticipated sales tax collections to the new fund.
The initiative, if approved, is designed to help Bossier City meet future infrastructure needs related to roads, water systems, sewer lines, and drainage, without incurring new loans or issuing bonds. The fund is slated to begin operations in January 2027 and run for five years or until the data center's completion. The city also anticipates an additional $12 million annually from a water services agreement with TXLAAR, a legal entity for the project, to supply water to the massive Amazon campus.