Hut 8 River Bend data center
Data center project in St. Francisville, Louisiana
Hut 8 River Bend data center is a data center project in St. Francisville, Louisiana, under construction, developed by Hut 8, with a stated size of 245 MW. Last reported October 10, 2026, from 4 sources.
- Status
- Under construction
- Developer
- Hut 8
- Location
- St. Francisville, Louisiana
- Stated size
- 245 MW
- Stated investment
- $10B
- Last reported
- October 10, 2026
- Sources
- 4 sources
- Other companies on the job
- 5 companies named, on Ultra
Is it moving?
Permits and filings
- River Bend zoning changeZoning · West Feliciana Parish · Approved · December 1, 2024isadatacentercoming.com ↗
- West Feliciana Parish IDB PILOT agreementIncentive · West Feliciana Parish Industrial Development Board · Approvedlouisianai.com ↗
- Act 730 sales-tax exemptionIncentive · Louisiana Economic Development · Approved · July 1, 2026louisianai.com ↗
- Quality Jobs payroll rebateIncentive · Louisiana Economic Development · Status not stated · December 17, 2025louisianai.com ↗
- Parish water system expansion agreementWater · West Feliciana Parish · Approved · May 19, 2026louisianai.com ↗
What the sources say
Reported
“Hut 8 River Bend data center”
Size
“245 MW IT capacity under a 15-year lease”
Reported
“Hut 8 River Bend Campus”
Reported
“Hut 8 River Bend is LouisianAI's canonical profile for the River Bend AI data-center campus in West Feliciana Parish.”
Status
“Under construction — site work began August 2025; construction expected to finish in 2026 with full operations from 2027”
Reported
“Hut 8’s River Bend data center in Louisiana”
Status
“the initial data hall at River Bend is scheduled for completion and commissioning in Q1 2027”
Size
“a 15-year, $7.0 billion lease for 245 megawatts of information technology (IT) capacity”
Acreage
611 acres
Address
6869 Greenwood Rd, St. Francisville, LA 70775
Utility capacity
330 MW
Phase 1 IT load
245 MW
Square footage
1,600,000 sq ft
Cooling
closed-loop cooling system
First data hall commissioning
Q2 2027
Status
Under construction
Construction jobs
approximately 1,000 temporary jobs
Permanent jobs
more than 75
Reports behind this page
- Report from voltformer.com · voltformer.com, October 10, 2026
- Hut 8 River Bend Campus: St. Francisville, LA Data Center · datacentercensus.com, September 21, 2026
- Hut 8 River Bend Data Center, Louisiana · louisianai.com, August 4, 2026
- Report from thedatacenterengineer.com · thedatacenterengineer.com, January 15, 2026
What the full file adds
- General contractorOpen: not named yet
- Electrical contractorOpen: not named yet
- Mechanical contractorOpen: not named yet
- Engineering and commissioning1 named
- Power and cooling equipmentOpen: not named yet
- Utility and power supply1 named
- Tenant2 named
- Investors and lenders1 named
- Named builders, suppliers and partners5 companies named on this job besides the developer, each with its source.Ultra
- Buying stage by tradeWhen the electrical, mechanical and other trade work on this job is likely to be bought.Ultra
- ContactsSenior people at the companies on this job, where public pages name them.Ultra
- Who pays whom6 deals on file: equity, loans, leases, power or equipment, each with its source.Ultra
- Video and satellite readingsHow busy the site looks, wherever public drone or news footage or a satellite image of it is found.Ultra
- Spezia's read of the projectIts construction phase, how likely it is to be built and what is holding it back.Ultra
- AlertsAn email the day this project moves.Ultra
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