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Hut 8 River Bend AI Data Center Campus
St. Francisville, West Feliciana County, Louisiana · All 4 Hut 8 sites
Hut 8 River Bend AI Data Center Campus is a data center under construction in St. Francisville, Louisiana (West Feliciana County), operated by Hut 8. The public record puts it at announced January 2025, 330 MW planned, 611 acres, a reported $10 billion investment. It has documented public support and no documented opposition.
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Facility record
Under construction
- Operator
- Hut 8
- Facility type
- Data center, AI use confirmed
- Location
- St. Francisville, West Feliciana County, LA
- Coordinates
- 30.7900, -91.3800
- Power capacity
- 330 MW planned
- Land
- 611 acres
- Investment
- $10 billion
- Announced
- January 2025
- Utility
- Entergy Louisiana
- Power source
- Grid
- Cooling
- Not established from a public source
- Water use
- Not established from a public source
- Jobs
- 75 permanent; 1,000 construction
- Public subsidy
- Louisiana Act 730 Sales and Use Tax Rebate, Louisiana, 2025 | Louisiana Quality Jobs Program, Louisiana, 2025
- Community reception
- Supported
- Source confidence
- Confirmed by multiple independent sources or official documentation
Timeline from the record
Newest first. Record entries come from the filings and reports the registry cites. Coverage entries are headlines from publisher feeds we monitor daily, linked to the outlet; last checked September 14, 2026.
- June 2025Under constructionConstruction underway on Phase I (two 450,000 sq ft facilities). Anthropic signs long-term lease agreement. Jacobs (Dallas) serves as EPCM partner. Operations expected Q2 2027. Source: Louisiana Economic Development
- January 2025PermittedWest Feliciana Parish Council votes unanimously (6-0) to approve project on January 6, 2025. Source: Data Center Dynamics
- December 2024ProposedHut 8 selects West Feliciana Parish for River Bend AI campus. Fluidstack confirmed as anchor tenant (245 MW IT load). Source: Louisiana Economic Development
Opposition and litigation at this site
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Hut 8 River Bend AI Data Center Campus in St. Francisville, West Feliciana County, Louisiana, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of August 26, 2026. West Feliciana Parish voted unanimously 6-0 to approve project.
How the community has taken it
Reception is a sourced signal, not an editorial judgment: supported means local officials or residents have expressed public support and no opposition is documented.
West Feliciana Parish voted unanimously 6-0 to approve project. Parish to receive up to $90M/year in tax revenue. Parish President Kenny Havard: 'This is our new oil boom in Louisiana.'
Power and water
330 MW from Entergy Louisiana for 245 MW of critical IT load. Proximity to River Bend Nuclear Generating Station (St. Francisville) enables accelerated grid interconnection timeline. Power mix includes nuclear baseload.
Public money on the record
| Program | Amount | Granted by | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana Act 730 Sales and Use Tax Rebate | Not established | Louisiana | 2025 |
| Louisiana Quality Jobs Program | Not established | Louisiana | 2025 |
Notes on the record
River Bend campus on 611 acres in West Feliciana Parish. Fluidstack (backed by Google) is primary tenant; Anthropic also signed a long-term lease. Phase I: two 450,000 sq ft facilities. Phase II (additional facilities) targeted by end of 2026. Coordinates approximate St. Francisville area.
What the record does not establish, and the document that would
In every fight on our tracker the decisive fact came out of a public records request. These are the requests for this site.
- Cooling method and water use
Which document closes each gap
- Cooling method and water use
- The water service agreement, any groundwater appropriation permit, and the mechanical narrative in the site plan.
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Questions people ask about this site
Is there opposition to the Hut 8 River Bend AI Data Center Campus in St. Francisville?
Not that we can document. Local officials or residents have expressed public support for Hut 8 River Bend AI Data Center Campus in St. Francisville, West Feliciana County, Louisiana, and no opposition, petition, or lawsuit appears in the sources this registry tracks as of August 26, 2026. West Feliciana Parish voted unanimously 6-0 to approve project.
Has anyone filed a lawsuit over the Hut 8 River Bend AI Data Center Campus?
No lawsuit over Hut 8 River Bend AI Data Center Campus appears in the record we track as of August 26, 2026. Residents most often reach a lawyer over water supply, well drawdown, noise from cooling plant, property value, or a rezoning approved without the notice the ordinance required. If any of that is happening near this site, it is worth a review whether or not a case has been filed yet.
How much water does Hut 8 River Bend AI Data Center Campus use?
No water withdrawal figure for Hut 8 River Bend AI Data Center Campus is on record here. Water use is rarely published voluntarily; it usually surfaces through a utility service agreement or a state withdrawal permit, both of which are public records. We leave the number blank rather than estimate one.
Who operates Hut 8 River Bend AI Data Center Campus, and how big is it?
Hut 8 is the operator on record. We hold 4 sites for that company across the registry. Capacity on record is 330 MW. The site is recorded at 611 acres.
How to cite this page
SueDataCenters.org Data Center Registry, "Hut 8 River Bend AI Data Center Campus," updated August 26, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/hut8-river-bend-west-feliciana-la.
Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.32.0 (September 7, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/hut8-river-bend-west-feliciana-la, retrieved September 14, 2026.
Corrections with a public source are welcome at the Compute Atlas record or through our contact page. The whole registry is available as CSV and JSON under CC BY 4.0.
Sources for this record
As compiled and cited by Compute Atlas, with our own reporting appended. Archived links are used where the original has moved.
- 1.Hut 8 selects Southeast Louisiana for $10B AI data center · Louisiana Economic Development · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 2.Planned Hut 8 data center in West Feliciana Parish gets green light · Data Center Dynamics · retrieved July 6, 2026
- 3.Hut 8 selects Entergy, Southeast Louisiana for $10 billion artificial intelligence data center · Entergy · retrieved August 20, 2026
- 4.Hut 8 selects Entergy, Southeast Louisiana for $10 billion artificial intelligence data center · Entergy · retrieved August 26, 2026
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