Shreveport, LA Data Centers & Crypto Mining: Data Center Zoning & Siting (2026)

Data centers get their own operating standard in UDC Section 6.1.L, on top of the district-by-district permission in the Table 5-1 Use Matrix, where a 'P/S' designation means the outcome depends on the facility's size and its distance to housing. Any data center within 200 feet of a residentially zoned district needs a special use permit approved by the Metropolitan Planning Commission, regardless of how large it is.

Size caps apply in two zoning categories. In the C-3 and C-4 commercial districts, a data center is capped at 40,000 square feet of gross floor area as a permitted use; a facility that wants to exceed that size can only do so through special use permit approval from the MPC. In the I-MU Industrial Mixed-Use and OR Office Research districts, the cap doubles to 80,000 square feet, again with special use approval available for anything larger.

Every data center, in every allowable district, must contain all equipment used for cooling, ventilating, or otherwise operating the facility, including emergency generators and backup power supply equipment, inside an enclosed building; outdoor cooling towers or generator yards are not permitted regardless of district or size. Data Center is defined in Section 5.3 as a facility used primarily for storing, managing, processing and transmitting digital data, including the servers, power generation, water cooling, and utility infrastructure needed to keep it running.