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Hut 8 River Bend AI Data Center Campus

St. Francisville, West Feliciana County, Louisiana · All 4 Hut 8 sites

Under constructionSupportedAI confirmedRecord updated October 22, 2026

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 (approximate)
Power capacity: 330 MW planned
Land: 611 acres
Investment: $10 billion
Announced: January 2025
Utility: Entergy Louisiana
Power source: Grid
Cooling: Closed loop
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 2025
Under construction
Construction 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 2025
Permitted
West Feliciana Parish Council votes unanimously (6-0) to approve project on January 6, 2025. Source: Data Center Dynamics
December 2024
Proposed
Hut 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 October 22, 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.'

Source: Louisiana Economic Development

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.

Closed-loop cooling per the press release. Hut 8 is funding about $16M of water infrastructure (a new well and about 8 miles of water main) to be transferred to West Feliciana Parish.

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.

Other sites within 30 miles

Distances are between recorded coordinates, many of which are a city or county centroid, so treat them as approximate. Cumulative load on one utility and one aquifer is the question a planning commission rarely asks.

Lumen Baton Rouge 2 (445 North Boulevard) · Baton Rouge · Lumen Technologies26 mi · Operating
DartPoints BTR1 Baton Rouge · Baton Rouge · DartPoints28 mi · Operating · 0.5 MW
DartPoints BTR2 Baton Rouge · Baton Rouge · DartPoints28 mi · Operating · 2 MW

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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?

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 October 22, 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. Cooling is recorded as closed_loop, which is the strongest available clue: closed loop and air cooled plant draw far less than evaporative cooling. 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 October 22, 2026, https://suedatacenters.org/data-centers/hut8-river-bend-west-feliciana-la.

Facility data from Compute Atlas (E. Kubiak), version 1.34.1 (October 4, 2026), licensed CC BY 4.0, record https://www.compute-atlas.com/facilities/hut8-river-bend-west-feliciana-la, retrieved October 29, 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 26, 2026
4.River Bend | Hut 8 · Hut 8 · retrieved September 15, 2026
5.Hut 8 Signs 15-Year, 245 MW AI Data Center Lease at River Bend Campus · Hut 8 · retrieved October 17, 2026
6.Hut 8 water upgrades in West Feliciana · Technical.ly · retrieved October 17, 2026

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