Data center restrictions tracker · Louisiana

Shreveport, Louisiana: data center zoning exclusion (2025)

Data snapshot 2026-08-15 · part of Pricing the Fear of Data Centers

Shreveport, in Caddo Parish, Louisiana, adopted a data-center zoning exclusion on December 3, 2025. Its status in this snapshot is enacted.

The record reads: "Shreveport, Louisiana, Metropolitan Planning Commission denied a special use permit for a 2.8 million sq ft Franks Investment Company LLC data center at 7340 Greenwood Road (Resilient Technology Park) on a 4-4 vote on December 3, 2025… (datacentertracker.org)."

Details

ActionClassStatusDateMW thresholdScopeSource
Zoning exclusionrestrictionenactedDecember 3, 2025not county-widedatacentertracker.org

Jurisdiction type: municipality. County: Caddo Parish. Dataset: datacentertracker. Snapshot August 15, 2026; documented actions, not a census.

Elsewhere in Caddo Parish

Louisiana context

Louisiana has 4 documented local actions across 4 jurisdictions in this snapshot. There is no statewide restriction, incentive rollback, or large-load tariff on record for Louisiana in this snapshot.

A town that says no to a data center gives up local tax revenue, not jobs: one large campus pays $2M to $90M a year depending on the tax regime, against roughly 50 permanent jobs. The parent piece prices it and lists the conditions that beat a ban.

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