The legal hurdle for Shreveport’s Resilient Technology Park has been cleared. In a ruling issued this week on Monday, April 20, 2026, Caddo Parish District Judge Ramon Lafitte dismissed the legal challenge brought by Mooringsport Mayor Tyler Gordon and local citizens.
The decision effectively validates the Shreveport City Council’s previous approval and allows the $6 billion project at the 313-acre site to move forward.
The Ruling
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Permit Upheld: The judge affirmed the special-use permit required for the data center to operate, overriding the initial block by the Metropolitan Planning Commission (MPC).
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City Justification: The court found the City Council’s reversal of the MPC denial was not “arbitrary or capricious.” Documents submitted during the hearing highlighted that the city’s water department has “more than enough” capacity to support the facility without straining local infrastructure.
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Project Timeline: With the 90-day “limbo” ended, STACK Infrastructure and Amazon can now proceed with site development. Regional economic leaders noted that while work continued on the alternative Caddo and Bossier sites, the Resilient Park location remains the “catalyst” for the broader regional investment.
Status of the Regional “Three-Campus” Model
With this ruling, all three components of the $12 billion regional investment are now active:
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Resilient Technology Park (Shreveport): Now cleared for construction following the April 20 ruling.
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North of Benton (Bossier Parish): Construction is already underway.
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West of Blanchard (Caddo Parish): Construction is already underway.
Potential for Appeal
While the ruling is a major victory for the city, the battle may not be entirely over. Attorneys for the plaintiffs, including Mooringsport Mayor Tyler Gordon, have indicated they are weighing an appeal to a higher court. Their primary argument remains a lack of transparency regarding the “mystery” surrounding the exact operational culture and long-term environmental impacts of the data center.
ORIGINAL:
A legal challenge blocking Shreveport’s proposed Amazon data center at Resilient Technology Park is headed for a First District Court hearing April 20, keeping one of the region’s most anticipated economic development projects in limbo while separate Amazon-related construction moves forward in Caddo and Bossier parishes.
Mooringsport Mayor Tyler Gordon and two Caddo Parish citizens, Michael Craft and Mary Blakemore, filed suit in January against Mayor Tom Arceneaux and the city. The suit seeks judicial review of the City Council’s decision to approve the development after the Shreveport Metropolitan Planning Commission initially blocked it. A special-use permit is required for a data center to operate at Resilient Park.
The 313-acre park off Greenwood Road in west Shreveport, adjacent to Interstate 20, is development-ready and was the site that originally drew Amazon to the region. It is listed as a third campus in the broader $12 billion Amazon investment in northwest Louisiana — but was left out of Gov. Jeff Landry’s Feb. 23 announcement at Shreveport Municipal Auditorium specifically because of the pending litigation.
“It stung a little but it was a light sting because we feel we’ll get there quickly,” Justyn Dixon, president and CEO of North Louisiana Economic Partnership, told The Center Square. Dixon said Resilient Park was the catalyst that brought Amazon to the area. When litigation complicated the west Shreveport site, Dixon’s team quickly identified two alternative locations. “We quickly said, ‘We know you like this site, would you be willing to look at two other sites?'” Dixon said. Amazon agreed, and STACK Infrastructure — a Denver-based development company that will lease the campuses to Amazon — is now moving forward on the Caddo and Bossier parish sites.
Gordon, who has said he does not oppose regional development, filed the suit over concerns about the city’s approval process. “I don’t want people to think that I am trying to stop development in our area,” Gordon told The Center Square.
At stake for Shreveport if the litigation is resolved in the city’s favor: sales tax revenue, construction jobs and a share of what North Louisiana Economic Partnership describes as a transformational regional investment. The multiple-campus structure is a redundancy feature designed to protect Amazon cloud computing operations — each site runs on a separate transmission line so that one campus can continue operating if another goes offline.