Bossier City eyes infrastructure fund tied to data center

(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 i...