Is a Data Center Coming

West Feliciana Parish, LA

Hut 8 River Bend Data Center

Hut 8 Corp. Under construction. 300 MW.

Hut 8 is building the River Bend data center on 611 acres near St. Francisville after a December 2024 zoning change, with a reported 15 year, 7 billion dollar lease naming Anthropic and Fluidstack as anchor tenant partners.

Status
Under construction
Operator
Not disclosed
Applicant on record
Hut 8 Corp
Location
off LA-964 near Highway 61, West Feliciana Parish, LA, St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish, LA
Size
300 MW, 611 acres
Cooling
Not reported
Utility
Not reported
First reported
2024-12
Last updated
July 1, 2026

Sources

What it would mean nearby

The cooling design has not been reported. If it uses evaporative cooling, a 300 MW facility would draw roughly 951,000 to 3.4 million gallons of water a day, about what 10,900 households use.

For a noise estimate and the three distance rings, check your own address.

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