Late catch: $6B more into Shreveport, a third Louisiana campus

2026-08-18 · part of AWS Capex

What happened

AWS added $6B to its Shreveport, Louisiana buildout — a third campus at Resilient Technology Park — lifting Amazon's committed Louisiana data-center investment from $12B to $18B. The announcement carries ~210 direct new jobs (≈709 including indirect) and up to $400M of Amazon-funded local water-infrastructure upgrades. It sits inside the ~$220B FY2026 capex plan this thread already tracks, but is a new, dated, site-specific commitment that was not previously on the thread — caught by this run's cold-rotation sweep three days after the fact, not on the day. (Amazon newsroom)

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