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St. Francisville, LA · West Feliciana County · 30.790°N 91.380°W

Hut 8 River Bend AI Data Center Campus

Hut 8

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Key facts

Location
St. Francisville, LA, West Feliciana County
Capacity
330 MW planned
Powered by
Grid (Entergy Louisiana); campus adjacent to River Bend Nuclear Generating Station
Announced
2025-01
Last updated

Civic impact

Economics

Investment
$10B
Land
611 acres
Jobs
1,000 construction · 75 permanent

Energy & water

Energy source
Grid · Utility: Entergy Louisiana

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 subsidies

Community sentiment

Supported

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.'

Hut 8 selects Southeast Louisiana for $10B AI data center

Status history

  1. Proposed

    Hut 8 selects West Feliciana Parish for River Bend AI campus. Fluidstack confirmed as anchor tenant (245 MW IT load).

    Hut 8 selects Southeast Louisiana for $10B AI data center
  2. Permitted

    West Feliciana Parish Council votes unanimously (6-0) to approve project on January 6, 2025.

    Planned Hut 8 data center in West Feliciana Parish gets green light
  3. 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.

    Hut 8 selects Southeast Louisiana for $10B AI data center

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Sources & data provenance

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