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Hut 8 River Bend Campus

St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, LADeveloper: Hut 8, Fluidstack

Also known as River Bend

Under constructionFirst data hall targeted for Q2 2027
  1. Rumored
  2. Proposed
  3. Approved
  4. Under construction
  5. Operating

An AI data center campus in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana, near St. Francisville, where Hut 8 has leased 245 MW of IT capacity to Fluidstack for 15 years ($7.0 billion), with lease payments backed by a Google financial guarantee. DCD reports it is part of a partnership to deliver infrastructure for Anthropic. Louisiana Economic Development puts Phase I investment at up to $10 billion; operations are expected to begin in Q2 2027.

Stated investment
$10 billion[1]
up to $10 billion, Phase I
Permanent jobs (promised)
75
at least 75 direct; 193 indirect

Key facts

Size & schedule

Planned capacity330 MW [1]
initial utility capacity; potential to expand by up to 1,000 MW
IT load245 MW [1]
Site size627 acres [5]
in use; 2,361 more acres under option per Hut 8
Stated investment$10 billion [1]
up to $10 billion, Phase I
Permanent jobs (promised)75 [1]
at least 75 direct; 193 indirect
Construction jobs1,000 [1]
about 1,000 at peak
Target completionQ2 2027 for first data hall, more halls through 2027 [3]

How big is that? Data center sizes compared with football fields and Central Park.

Power

UtilityEntergy Louisiana [2]
Utility pages: Entergy Louisiana · data centers and bills

Water

Coolingclosed-loop [10]
Hut 8 committed $16 million for closed-loop water infrastructure
Source excerpt
“Hut 8 has committed $16 million to build closed-loop water infrastructure for its planned West Feliciana Parish data center.”

Money & incentives

Tax incentivesState and local sales/use tax rebate on data center equipment (Act 730 of 2024) and Quality Jobs program [1]
Payments / community benefitsHut 8 donates its 611-acre site to the parish Industrial Development Board and leases it back, with rent set at the amount of property tax that would have been due on the GPUs; 30-year agreement, up to $90 million a year to the parish [9]
Source excerpt
“Instead of paying property taxes on the facility, Hut 8 will donate its 611-acre site to the IDB. The board will then lease the property back to the company, charging rent equal to what property taxes on the GPUs would have been.”

Figures are as stated by the cited source. Where sources disagree, each figure is shown.

Water and power

Water

Not disclosed. No source reviewed gives a water figure for this site. The Census does not estimate one.

Power

Planned capacity330 MW [1]
IT load245 MW [1]
UtilityEntergy Louisiana [2]

Disclosed figures only, each as the cited source states it. Many are projections or permit limits, not metered use. How data center water and power use is measured, and every disclosed figure →

Timeline

  1. Hut 8 announces it has secured 592 acres in West Feliciana Parish for River Bend [6]

  2. Hut 8 signs 15-year, 245 MW lease with Fluidstack; state and Entergy announce $10 billion project [1]

  3. Parish president says parish permitting is complete; construction already under way [7]

  4. West Feliciana Parish Council and Industrial Development Board accept an agreement for a $10 million PILOT prepayment from Hut 8 due July 1, 2026 [11]

Sources

  1. Hut 8 Selects Southeast Louisiana as Site of $10 Billion Artificial Intelligence Data Center
    Louisiana Economic Development · Dec 17, 2025 · government
  2. Hut 8 selects Entergy, Southeast Louisiana for $10 billion artificial intelligence data center
    Entergy · Dec 17, 2025 · utility
  3. Hut 8 Signs 15-Year, 245 MW AI Data Center Lease at River Bend Campus with Total Contract Value of $7.0 Billion
    Hut 8 · Dec 17, 2025 · company
  4. Hut 8 signs 245MW capacity deal with Fluidstack as part of multi-gigawatt partnership with Anthropic
    DatacenterDynamics · Dec 17, 2025 · news
  5. River Bend | Hut 8
    Hut 8 · company
  6. Hut 8 secures 592 acres for 300MW Bitcoin and AI data center
    DatacenterDynamics · Mar 18, 2025 · news
  7. Hut 8 lands a massive partnership for its West Feliciana data center
    10/12 Industry Report · Dec 22, 2025 · news
  8. Jacobs starts $10B Louisiana data center
    Construction Dive · Dec 22, 2025 · news
  9. Data Center Deal Could Net Louisiana Parish $90M a Year
    GovTech (The Advocate) · Oct 29, 2025 · news
  10. Hut 8 commits $16 million for 'closed loop' water infrastructure
    BIZ Magazine (The Center Square) · May 21, 2026 · news
  11. West Feliciana Parish Council and Industrial Development Board accept agreement for prepayment from data center
    WBRZ · Jun 15, 2026 · news

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Last updated Sep 22, 2026. Figures may change as records are updated — include the date you retrieved them.

APAData Center Census. (2026). Hut 8 River Bend Campus. Retrieved from https://datacentercensus.com/dc/river-bend-west-feliciana-la
MLA“Hut 8 River Bend Campus.” Data Center Census, Sep 22, 2026, https://datacentercensus.com/dc/river-bend-west-feliciana-la.
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