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The Data Center Divide

Caddo Parish

Mixed Data Center Policies

Louisiana offers qualifying data centers significant tax breaks and job grants, generally tied to major investment, hiring, and other conditions; some incentives may require plans addressing ratepayers and resources. Other rules study utility cybersecurity or guide large-load planning but do not directly restrict construction or operation.

Rating and summary from Louisiana statewide as there are no scored current or future laws outside temporary restrictions for Caddo Parish.

Incentives

Tax benefits

Approves a recruitment framework offering qualifying data centers tax abatements through PILOT agreements. Later minutes clarify that this did not itself issue an individual PILOT and the terms sunsetted on January 31, 2026.

Caddo Parish Resolution No. 48 of 2025 — Data Center PILOT Framework

Specific to Caddo Parish only.

expired · County measure: Data center projects outside the City of Shreveport
Approves general terms allowing the Northwest Louisiana Finance Authority to offer qualifying data centers in Caddo Parish payment-in-lieu-of-tax agreements, with payments capped at the taxes they would otherwise owe.Caddo Parish Resolution No. 48 of 2025 — Data Center PILOT Framework

What this means

The resolution approves tax-incentive agreements for qualifying data centers, with payments capped at the taxes that would otherwise be owed (PILOT payments). It creates no new building or operating restrictions, so its main effect is to make development more financially attractive.

Timing

Ends
two years

Resolution 53 is described as proposing a two-year moratorium, but the minutes do not state when the period would begin. A later discussion refers instead to an 18-month prohibition. The resolution was remanded to committee, and the motion to advance it failed; the sources do not show that the moratorium was adopted.

People behind it

  • Requested set terms for a data-center incentive package and sought to recruit qualifying projects to the region. requested that the Authority agree to provide set terms

  • Agreed to issue term sheets containing PILOT terms for qualifying entities, subject to required local approvals. the Authority has agreed to issue one or more term sheets

  • Moved adoption of Resolution No. 48. motion to adopt by Commissioner John E. Atkins

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  • Seconded the motion to adopt Resolution No. 48. seconded by Commissioner Gregory Young

  • Was authorized by the resolution to take actions necessary to carry it into effect. authorized, empowered, and directed

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  • A qualifying entity using an NWLFA PILOT must make annual payments in lieu of property taxes, capped at the amount of taxes that would otherwise be due. annual payments in lieu of ad valorem taxes

  • Specific NWLFA term sheets remain subject to approvals by local governing authorities as required by law; this is a condition of the PILOT arrangement, not a general construction approval. subject to the approvals of local governing authorities

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  • The resolution approves term sheets for qualifying entities locating projects in Caddo Parish that provide annual PILOT payments instead of ad valorem taxes. The payments may not exceed the taxes that would otherwise be due, and required local approvals still apply. PILOT payments ... not to exceed the amount of taxes

  • The resolution describes a structure in which the Northwest Louisiana Finance Authority takes title to a project and leases it back to the qualifying entity; property acquired by the Authority is treated as tax-exempt public property. The lessee must make annual PILOT payments to applicable parish taxing authorities. NWLFA intends to take title

Sources

Specific to Caddo Parish only.

pending · Unincorporated areas
Would require data center-related worker housing camps in unincorporated Caddo Parish to register and meet location, safety, utility, and site-restoration rules; the ordinance was proposed, not shown as adopted in these documents.Caddo Parish Ordinance No. 6635 of 2026 — Temporary Workforce Housing for Data Center Construction

What this means

The proposal does not restrict data centers directly, but it would make housing construction workers harder: camps would need prior registration, meet distance limits, and post a restoration bond of at least $150,000. These costs and limits could complicate or delay data center construction, though the rules apply to temporary worker housing rather than the data centers themselves. Registration and bond requirements

People behind it

  • Identified as the body by which Ordinance No. 6635 was proposed and adopted.

  • Designated as the primary administrative officer responsible for administering the ordinance.

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  • The ordinance expressly covers facilities housing construction, industrial, and data-center project workers, creating a registration pathway for temporary worker lodging in unincorporated Caddo Parish. It applies to sites housing at least 10 workers for more than three consecutive days or more than 10 days in a 90-day period, subject to the ordinance’s requirements. Data center workers

  • A registration certificate can authorize a facility for 12 months and be renewed twice, for up to 36 months total. The Commission may approve a longer period by resolution in extraordinary circumstances; renewals require an active project, a lack of adequate alternative workforce housing within a reasonable distance, and continued compliance. maximum total authorized period of thirty-six (36) months

  • The Director must issue or deny a complete application within 21 days after the public-comment period closes. A certificate is to be issued if the application is complete, required pre-operation approvals are obtained, the restoration bond is posted, and the facility complies with the ordinance. within twenty-one (21) calendar days

  • Facilities already operating when the ordinance takes effect get a 60-day transition period to apply for registration and take reasonable steps toward meeting operational standards. within sixty (60) days of the effective date

Sources

pending · County measure
Urges Caddo Parish data center operators to collect rainwater and treat water discharges, but the nonbinding resolution was sent back to committee and not adopted.Caddo Parish Resolution No. 38 of 2026 — Rainwater Harvesting and Water Discharge Filtration

What this means

The resolution urges data center operators to harvest rainwater and treat discharged water, but it does not require them to do so. It asks public development groups to consider adding such terms to future agreements or incentives, which could affect some projects but creates no direct, enforceable barrier to building or operating data centers.

People behind it

  • Identified on the work-session agenda as the proposer or sponsoring commissioner for Resolution No. 38 of 2026.

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  • Data center operators are urged to incorporate rainwater-harvesting systems into the design and operation of their facilities.

  • Data center operators are urged to treat cooling water, blowdown water, and other process-water discharges to remove dissolved solids, chemical additives, and other pollutants to levels consistent with applicable federal, state, and local water-quality standards.

  • Public economic-development entities are urged to include rainwater-harvesting requirements and water-discharge standards in agreements or incentives provided to data-center developers.

Sources

pending · County project: Data center projects in Resilient Technology Park and on State Line Road, and their neighboring communities
Requests operators of the planned data centers on Dawson Road and State Line Road to study how construction and operations may affect nearby residents.Caddo Parish Resolution No. 52 of 2026 — Environmental Impact Studies for Data Center Development

What this means

The resolution requests operators to conduct environmental impact studies for two named data-center projects, which could add some study costs or delay if they comply. Because it is framed as a request and does not ban projects or set operating limits, its practical burden appears minor.

People behind it

  • Proposed the resolution calling for environmental impact studies at data center sites.

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  • The resolution requests operators of the Resilient Technology Park and Stateline Road data centers to conduct environmental impact studies covering construction and operation effects on nearby residents; for the Resilient Technology Park project, the study is to include impacts to Greenwood Road/Highway 80. The text makes this a request, not an express mandate.

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  • Resolution 48 of 2025 recommended PILOT tax-incentive terms for a data-center project: the arrangement was not a 100% property-tax abatement, applied percentages to immovable property over four years, treated movable property differently, and required a 1% sales tax. Those terms expired on January 31, 2026.

Sources

Specific to Caddo Parish only.

failed · Unincorporated areas
Proposes a two-year pause on new data-center projects and expansions in unincorporated Caddo Parish, while protecting an existing project and suspending new tax-incentive agreements.Caddo Parish Resolution No. 53 of 2026 — Two-Year Data Center Moratorium and Study Committee

What this means

The measure would pause permits and approvals for new data centers and expansions in unincorporated Caddo Parish for two years, making development substantially harder during that period (two-year moratorium). It would not stop existing facilities from operating, and it exempts the already-negotiated State Line Road project (existing commitment preserved).

Timing

Ends
Two years from the effective date of the Resolution

The moratorium applies to new data-center facilities and expansions beyond their currently approved scope. The existing State Line Road term sheet is preserved, while the PILOT framework is suspended for new projects during the moratorium. The effective date is immediate upon adoption, but no adoption date is stated.

People behind it

  • Requested that Legal prepare the data-center moratorium legislation and moved Resolution No. 53 of 2026 for consideration.

  • Parish Attorney identified as the key legal contact; the Legal Department prepared the proposed resolution at Commissioner John Paul Young’s request.

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  • A two-year moratorium would prohibit accepting, processing, or approving any new permit, application, or approval for siting, constructing, or expanding a data center in unincorporated Caddo Parish. It would also cover expansions beyond an existing facility’s currently approved scope.

  • The existing term sheet for the State Line Road data center near Bethany would be exempt from the moratorium as it exists on the resolution’s effective date, but expansion beyond its currently approved scope would not be exempt.

  • During the moratorium, the Northwest Louisiana Finance Authority and Parish staff would be barred from negotiating, presenting, or seeking Commission approval of new payment-in-lieu-of-tax agreements for data centers, except for the existing State Line Road facility within its approved scope.

  • A Data Center Study Committee would be created to evaluate water, wastewater, electric-grid, land-use, and fiscal impacts and recommend future siting standards and approval conditions.

  • The study process would create a waiting period before further regulatory action: the committee must submit its recommendations within 18 months, and the Commission must consider the report and any proposed ordinance or amendment within 60 days after submission.

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  • The existing State Line Road data center project near Bethany is protected from the two-year moratorium and from impairment of its already executed term sheet under Resolution 48 of 2025. The related payment-in-lieu-of-taxes framework remains available for that facility as it existed when the measure took effect, but not for expansions beyond its currently approved scope. existing commitment preserved

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