Shreveport

Researched: 2026-08-02 · Lead source: Brockovich AI Data Center community map (2 resident reports, 2026-04-29 → 2026-05-25) · ZIP demographics: 62.9% Black, pop 6,174 (Census ACS 2023) · County: Caddo Parish (roughly 49% Black — verify at census.gov/quickfacts/caddoparishlouisiana) Status: No hyperscale data center sited inside this ZIP as of 2026-08-02 — but 71101 is the civic core where every decision about the Caddo data-center buildout is being made.

This report is research, not legal, financial, real-estate, or investment advice.

0. Snapshot

ZIP 71101 is downtown Shreveport and the near-north riverfront — a small-population (6,174), 62.9% Black ZIP that functions as the command center of the entire $12 billion Caddo/Bossier data-center project. No campus is being built downtown, but nearly every building where the decisions get made is here: City Hall / Government Plaza, the Caddo Parish Commission, the Shreveport-Caddo Metropolitan Planning Commission, and SWEPCO's corporate headquarters.

• In-ZIP hyperscale facility: None found as of 2026-08-02. No approved, proposed, or announced hyperscale data center has a confirmed address inside 71101. (Downtown carrier/colocation and telecom rooms are a separate, older category and were not the subject of the resident reports.)
• What is here: the Shreveport City Council chamber (505 Travis St) that approved the west Shreveport data center on 2026-12-18; the Caddo Parish Commission (505 Travis St, Suite 110) debating environmental studies and water rules; the Shreveport-Caddo MPC (505 Travis St, Suite 440) that deadlocked 4–4 on the Greenwood Road site; and SWEPCO headquarters (428 Travis St), the utility serving all three AWS campuses. (shreveportla.gov; MPC; SWEPCO, accessed 2026-08-02)
• Where it was announced: the Shreveport City Council leadership press release welcoming Amazon's $12B investment was issued here on 2026-02-23. (City of Shreveport press release, accessed 2026-08-02)

1. The Facility & Where It Sits

• Inside 71101: no hyperscale campus. The three AWS/STACK campuses sit in west Shreveport (7340 Greenwood Rd, ZIP 71119), north Caddo near Blanchard (State Line Rd), and Bossier Parish near Benton — none downtown. (KTBS; KSLA — campuses confirmed, accessed 2026-08-02)
• What 71101 hosts instead: the civic infrastructure. Government Plaza at 505 Travis Street houses the City Council chamber, the Caddo Parish Commission chamber, and MPC offices; SWEPCO is two blocks away at 428 Travis St. If you want to speak to power on this project, you do it in 71101.

The border — where it sits relative to people

• 71101 is majority-Black (62.9%) with a small resident population dominated by downtown, near-downtown, and Ledbetter Heights / Allendale-adjacent blocks. Downtown residents don't face the campus water and flooding burden that 71119/71129 do — but they are the closest neighbors to the rooms where those burdens are being decided.
• The two resident pins here likely reflect civic attention — residents watching the citywide fight from the seat of government — as much as any specific downtown site.

2. Public Hearings & Notices

Every one of these happened, or will happen, at 505 Travis Street in 71101:

Upcoming: City Council meets 2nd & 4th Tuesdays, 3:00 p.m.; MPC 1st Wednesday, 3:00 p.m.; Caddo Commission on its posted schedule — all in 71101. This is the ZIP where a resident from anywhere in the parish comes to be heard.

3. Power

• SWEPCO (AEP) is headquartered at 428 Travis St, 71101 and serves all three AWS campuses. Amazon says it pays 100% of its electricity costs and funds substations/transmission; SWEPCO's president said no data-center costs pass to customers and no dedicated plant will be built. The MW load and cost allocation will be filed with the LPSC. (Fox 8 / Louisiana Illuminator; Shreveport-Bossier Advocate — SWEPCO, accessed 2026-08-02)
• The ratepayer question is decided regionally, not by ZIP: the LPSC's large-load tariff rulemaking will determine whether upgrade costs land on residential bills across SWEPCO's territory — including downtown. The Alliance for Affordable Energy is pressing the commission. (The Hayride; Alliance for Affordable Energy, accessed 2026-08-02)

4. Water & Drought

• 71101 is on the City of Shreveport system — the same system under a federal sewer consent decree (compliance schedule to 2026-11-12) that has run hundreds of millions over its original ~$342M estimate and issued a citywide boil advisory on 2026-03-02. Downtown is served by the central pressure zones. (The Center Square; City of Shreveport boil advisory, accessed 2026-08-02)
• The system-wide point: the two nearest campuses draw from this same city system (7.5 MGD permitted at Greenwood Rd) or from Caddo Lake (5 MGD at Blanchard). Downtown ratepayers help fund the consent-decree fixes even though the new large loads sit on the city's edges. (710 KEEL, accessed 2026-08-02)
• Drought: Caddo Parish ranged from normal to abnormally dry (D0) in 2026. (Drought.gov — Caddo, accessed 2026-08-02)

5. Population & Who Lives Here

• ZIP 71101: 62.9% Black; population 6,174 (Census ACS 2023) — the smallest-population ZIP in this cluster, centered on downtown and near-downtown Shreveport.
• Caddo Parish overall roughly 49% Black. Downtown's small residential base includes some of the city's oldest and most disinvested near-core neighborhoods; residents here are ratepayers and voters in every body that governs the project even without a campus next door.
• ZIP-specific poverty/health figures were Not found in a single reachable source as of 2026-08-02 — see census.gov/quickfacts.

6. Money — Abatements, Incentives, Jobs

• The $12B/540-jobs/1,500-construction figures are program-wide across all three AWS campuses. (LED, accessed 2026-08-02)
• ITEP and local revenue are decided in 71101. The Caddo Parish Commission and School Board — both governing bodies seated downtown — hold the local sign-off on Industrial Tax Exemption Program deals that could exempt ~60% of local property taxes. Signed ITEP values/terms for the AWS campuses were Not found as of 2026-08-02. A prior Caddo analysis flagged hundreds of millions given away under earlier exemptions; the parish now has more say. Downtown is the place to request those files. (NOLA.com; Heliopolis Magazine, accessed 2026-08-02)

7. Community Reaction & News Coverage

• The organized reaction plays out downtown: residents packing the City Council chamber (some escorted out by police at the December vote), Commissioner Ken Epperson's resolutions, and the Alliance for Affordable Energy (Logan Burke) engaging the LPSC. (710 KEEL; KSLA, accessed 2026-08-02)
• Two downtown pins = civic vigilance. In the ZIP with the seat of government, the finding is that residents are watching — and that the door to the whole project is a downtown door.
• Local newsrooms: Shreveport Times, KSLA, KTBS, KTAL/KMSS, 710 KEEL, Shreveport-Bossier Advocate, The Center Square, Louisiana Illuminator.

8. Find Out For Yourself

All of these are inside or adjacent to 71101 — this is the one ZIP where you can walk to every decision-maker.

City

Shreveport City Council — Government Plaza, 505 Travis St, 1st Floor Council Chamber, Shreveport, LA 71101; meetings 3:00 p.m., 2nd & 4th Tuesdays. Mailing P.O. Box 31109, Shreveport, LA 71130. Roster (confirm your district on the Council Districts map):

• District A — Tabatha H. Taylor · 318-517-4392 · Tabatha.Taylor@shreveportla.gov
• District B — Gary Brooks · 318-918-0898 · Gary.Brooks@shreveportla.gov
• District C — Jim Taliaferro · 318-455-0920 · Jim.Taliaferro@shreveportla.gov
• District D — Grayson Boucher · 318-673-5262 · Grayson.Boucher@shreveportla.gov
• District E — Dr. Alan Jackson, Jr. · 318-510-4765 · Alan.Jackson@shreveportla.gov
• District F — James Green · 318-635-7118 · James.Green@shreveportla.gov
• District G — Ursula Bowman · 318-734-7568 · Ursula.Bowman@shreveportla.gov

(shreveportla.gov — Contact Council Member, accessed 2026-08-02)

Planning & Zoning

Shreveport-Caddo MPC — 505 Travis St, Suite 440, 71101 · (318) 673-6498 · 1st Wednesday monthly, 3:00 p.m. Agendas: shreveportcaddompc.com.

County

Caddo Parish Commission — 505 Travis St, Suite 110, 71101 · Clerk Jeff Everson, (318) 226-6596 · caddo.gov. Ask for the ITEP files and Commissioner Epperson's data-center resolutions.

Utility & regulator

• SWEPCO — 428 Travis St, 71101; media/public line 318-673-3060.
• LPSC District 5 (Foster Campbell) — 124 South Grand St, Monroe, LA 71201 · (318) 362-3318 · foster.campbell@la.gov. (LPSC District 5, accessed 2026-08-02)

Six questions worth asking

1. To the City Clerk: How do I get on the agenda to speak at a City Council meeting about the data centers, and where are agendas posted?
2. To the Caddo Commission clerk: Can I get the full file — ITEP applications, water agreements, and any environmental studies — for the AWS campuses?
3. To your Council member: Did the Greenwood Road developer sign the water-and-sewer agreement, and where can the public read it?
4. To Water & Sewerage: How much of my downtown water/sewer bill is going to the consent decree, and how do the new large loads affect that timeline?
5. To SWEPCO / LPSC: When does the AWS large-load docket open for public comment, and how do downtown ratepayers file?
6. To the School Board: How much school-tax revenue is deferred under any ITEP exemption for the data centers?

9. If You're Thinking About Moving Here

Neutral read:

• No campus downtown — but you're at the center of the decision. Living in 71101 puts you within walking distance of every body governing the project, which is an advantage if you want to be heard.
• Water. You're on the City of Shreveport central system: consent decree, hundreds of millions over budget, a citywide boil advisory in March 2026. That is a here-and-now infrastructure issue independent of the data centers.
• Power bills. The ratepayer question is regional and unresolved; watch the LPSC large-load rulemaking.
• Taxes and services. Downtown residents share the parish and school tax base that ITEP exemptions draw down; the value and terms of those deals are not yet public.
• Unresolved: the ITEP figures; the LPSC cost allocation; the signed water agreements; and whether downtown's aging water system gets any of Amazon's $400M infrastructure money.

Practical step: because you live where the meetings are, go to one. Ask the City Clerk how to get on the agenda, and request the project files from the Caddo Commission clerk.

10. Sources

All accessed 2026-08-02.

1. City of Shreveport — Data Center Announcement press release (2026-02-23) — https://www.shreveportla.gov/DocumentCenter/View/30112/02232026---Data-Center-Announcement-Press-Release
2. KSLA — "Campuses for newly announced Amazon data center spanning Bossier & Caddo parishes confirmed" — https://www.ksla.com/2026/02/24/campuses-newly-announced-amazon-data-center-spanning-bossier-caddo-parishes-confirmed/
3. KTBS / The Center Square — "Judge clears path for Amazon data center in west Shreveport" — https://www.ktbs.com/news/louisiana/judge-clears-path-for-amazon-data-center-in-west-shreveport/article_d38fb72d-978f-5fad-be41-4c93ff7224d2.html
4. 710 KEEL — "Shreveport City Council Greenlights Major Data Center on Greenwood Road" — https://710keel.com/shreveport-data-center-approval/
5. KTBS — "Caddo Parish Commission rejects new data center-related resolutions" — https://www.ktbs.com/community/caddo-parish-commission-rejects-new-data-center-related-resolutions/article_e5f31d13-849b-4259-b43b-102bb6dbffe5.html
6. KSLA — "Caddo Parish Commission votes to remove ordinance" (2026-04-10) — https://www.ksla.com/video/2026/04/10/caddo-parish-commission-votes-remove-ordinance/
7. KSLA — "Caddo Parish commissioner seeking environmental and traffic studies" — https://www.ksla.com/2026/06/02/caddo-parish-commissioners-seek-environmental-studies-data-center-projects/
8. KSLA — "Shreveport residents raise concerns over Amazon Web Services data center project" — https://www.ksla.com/2026/02/25/shreveport-residents-raise-concerns-over-amazon-web-services-data-center-project/
9. Fox 8 Live / Louisiana Illuminator — "Amazon says it will limit water use, pay for power" — https://www.fox8live.com/2026/02/24/amazon-says-it-will-limit-water-use-pay-power-12-billion-nw-louisiana-data-centers/
10. Shreveport-Bossier Advocate — "What AEP's AI data center boom means for SWEPCO" — https://www.shreveportbossieradvocate.com/business/what-aeps-ai-data-center-boom-means-for-swepco-shreveport-and-bossier/article_6fb28e3c-d1de-4804-924a-c6958c411c9e.html
11. The Hayride — "Regulators weighing new rules for data centers, major power users" — https://thehayride.com/2026/05/regulators-weighing-new-rules-for-data-centers-major-power-users/
12. Alliance for Affordable Energy — "Louisiana Deserves Better Than Blank Checks for Data Centers" — https://www.all4energy.org/take-action/la-deserves-better-than-blank-checks-for-data-centers/
13. The Center Square — "Shreveport taxpayers pay higher water and sewer bills to fulfill consent decree" — https://www.thecentersquare.com/louisiana/article_29d69364-987e-11ef-a0ad-c3fa4ee62b47.html
14. City of Shreveport — Citywide Boil Advisory (2026-03-02) — https://www.shreveportla.gov/DocumentCenter/View/30172/03022026---NEWS-RELEASE-Citywide-Boil-Advisory-Issued
15. Drought.gov — Caddo Parish — https://www.drought.gov/states/louisiana/county/caddo
16. LED — "Amazon Selects Louisiana for $12 Billion Data Center Campuses" — https://www.opportunitylouisiana.gov/news/amazon-selects-louisiana-for-12-billion-data-center-campuses-in-major-u-s-expansion
17. NOLA.com — "Why tech giants could reap massive tax breaks in Louisiana" — https://www.nola.com/news/data-center-meta-amazon-louisiana-tax-break/article_6ccd632e-f470-425a-ad8b-0fba3916bd4d.html
18. Heliopolis Magazine — "Shreveport-Caddo Has New Power Over Tax Program Which Gave Away Over $680 Million" — https://heliopolis.la/shreveport-caddo-new-power-tax-program-gave-away-680-million/
19. Shreveport City Council — https://www.shreveportla.gov/201/City-Council
20. Shreveport City Council — Contact / roster — https://www.shreveportla.gov/3057/Contact-Council-Member
21. Shreveport City Council Districts map — https://www.shreveportla.gov/202/City-Council-Districts
22. Shreveport-Caddo MPC — contact — https://www.shreveportcaddompc.com/about-us/contact-the-mpc
23. Shreveport-Caddo MPC — 2026 agendas & decisions — https://www.shreveportcaddompc.com/boards-commissions/the-planning-commission/mpc-meetings-deadlines-decisions
24. Caddo Parish — Contact — https://caddo.gov/contact/
25. SWEPCO — Media Contacts — https://www.swepco.com/company/news/media-contacts
26. LPSC — Commissioner District 5 (Foster Campbell) — https://lpsc.louisiana.gov/District5