Current Business Climate in North Louisiana

Map of the State of Louisiana with location dots for Shreveport, Bossier City, Ruston, and Monroe

High-tech research, development, manufacturing, and business activity across North Louisiana is reaching a fever pitch, including:

  • Cybersecurity & defense

  • Data centers & cloud computing

  • Advanced automation & logistics tech

  • University/industry partnerships & pipelines

  • Emerging climate tech

SHREVEPORT

  • DartPoints Venyu data center

    • Located in Downtown Shreveport

    • Acquired by DartPoints

    • Described as Tier III rated & built to DoD anti-terrorism codes

  • Amazon’s robotics fulfillment center

    • Located in Shreveport

    • Offers five floors & 3+ million sq ft with advanced AI & robotics

    • Targeting thousands of near-future jobs

  • BRF’s InterTech Science Park

    • Hosts high-tech companies, labs, & startups

    • Houses initiatives like Digital Media Institute & Entrepreneurial Accelerator Program

  • Heirloom Carbon Technologies

    • Planning direct air capture facility at Port of Caddo-Bossier

    • Adding decarbonization tech presence with strong data & controls components

  • Suppliers for data center & telecom buildouts

    • Example: Fibrebond’s $50m expansion supporting data center & telecom projects nationwide

BOSSIER CITY

National Cyber Research Park organizations

  • Cyber Innovation Center

  • General Dynamics Information Technology’s Integrated Technology Center

  • Originated with CSRA’s 2014 selection

  • Offers ~800 jobs

  • Offers fiber, redundant power, & data-center qualified site designation

  • Louisiana Tech Research Institute

  • Supports secure R&D 

  • Offers education aligned with Air Force Global Strike Command

  • Bossier Parish CC STEM facility

RUSTON

National Cyber Research Park organizations

• Louisiana Tech Innovation Enterprise at Tech Pointe I & II

• Hosts 20+ tenant companies

• Collaborates with faculty & students

• Radiance Technologies expansion

• Announced new Ruston microchip facility in 2025

• Tied to Louisiana Tech partnerships & Secure Business Park location

MONROE

  • Lumen Technologies

    • Remains a major network & hosting player with deep roots in Monroe, including the Technology Center of Excellence

    • Recognized as a top data center operator with expanding interconnection services

  • Clarke Williams Innovation Campus

    • Located in Monroe

    • Markets the former Lumen HQ & Advanced Technology

  • Center with SCIF space 

    • Houses a 28,000 sq ft data center Meta (parent company of Facebook)

    • Building $10 billion AI-optimized data center on former Franklin Farm megasite near Rayville, east of Monroe

    • Offers 500+ direct jobs & 5,000 peak construction jobs

THE PROBLEM

Focused funding for universities, competitive incentive programs, and coordinated engagements from state, regional, and local partners have positioned Louisiana as a highly attractive destination for artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, software engineering, digital operations, micromanufacturing, and next-generation technology development.

With more than 2,900 technology companies and tremendous sustained and incoming investments for world-changing innovation, Louisiana’s technology industry is experiencing strong, unparalleled growth.

In recent years, major global firms have established innovation hubs, scaled existing operations, and shifted key business functions to the state, citing Louisiana’s cooperative business environment and dependable workforce pipeline as major advantages.

Many established, emerging, and eventual technology outgrowths call or will soon call North Louisiana home.

While successfully deploying funding, initiatives, and developments from various entities that have advanced it to this point, North Louisiana lacks one primary catalyst to position it as the world’s next major technology corridor:

a globally recognized brand.