Amazon data center to generate $12M annually for Bossier City water service

(The Center Square) – The Amazon Web Services’ data center located north of Benton will pay Bossier City around $12 million of revenue each year for water service, according to a Bossier Parish official.

Ken Ward, the Bossier Parish Police Jury administrator, said utility upgrades to Bossier City’s aging infrastructure, which Amazon has agreed to fund, could recover enough lost water to avoid increasing withdrawals from the Red River.

“Bossier is going to make so many repairs and upgrades to their system that they will probably never even see a change in their capacity or their use, because they lose that much water in an average day,” Ward said during a presentation. “It’s a win-win for Bossier City – they get their problem fixed and they get paid for it.”

Ward was in Shreveport Thursday to discuss water-related topics at the Caddo Parish Commission’s rural development committee meeting.

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