Hut 8 River Bend AI Data Center
St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, LA
Construction is under way on Hut 8 River Bend AI Data Center in St. Francisville, LA. The project is sized at 300 MW with an estimated investment of $13 billion. Parish council approved Jan 2025; Hut 8 ~$2.5B plus ~$10B expected tenant IT spend; Phase I two 450,000 sq ft buildings; multi-hundred-MW campus powered by Entergy; MW figure is an estimate of initial phase.
- 300 MWPlanned capacity
Project status
- Announced Dec 17, 2025
- Permitting
- Under construction
- Operational
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Site details
- Operator
- Hut 8
- Capacity
- 300 MW
- Address
- St. Francisville, LA
- Stage
- Under construction
Size: not on file
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