An aerial view of an Amazon Web Services Data Center known as US East 1 in Ashburn, Virginia, U.S., October 20, 2025.
Jonathan Ernst | Reuters
Amazon said Monday it plans to spend $12 billion on new data center campuses in Louisiana and the infrastructure to power artificial intelligence and cloud computing.
The campuses will be built in the Caddo and Bossier Parishes, in northwestern Louisiana. Amazon said it expects to create 540 full-time jobs at the data centers and support about 1,700 other roles that will serve the sites, such as electricians, HVAC technicians and security specialists.
Amazon announced earlier this month that it expects to invest $200 billion in capital expenditures this year, more than any of the other hyperscalers, which combined have forecast nearly $700 billion in 2026 expenditures.
Wall Street has viewed Amazon’s capex plans skeptically, as shares sank for nine days straight following its Feb. 5 earnings report. The slide shaved more than $450 billion off…
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