Hut 8 River Bend
St. Francisville, West Feliciana Parish County, LA
Source: Primary source
Hut 8 River Bend is a under construction data center in West Feliciana Parish County, LA, operated by Hut 8. DataCentersExposed has documented 330 MW of reported power capacity at this site.
Reporting by Eric Keller · Updated Jun 18, 2026
Overview
source: linkUp to $10B Phase I, 330MW scalable to 1GW; $7B Fluidstack lease; ops Q2 2027.
Operator chain
- Files asHut 8
- This facilityHut 8 River Bend
Grid & water — why here
source: HIFLD · EPAThe closest existing grid infrastructure and the municipal water system this location sits in — the same constraints the buildout model screens on (it won't site a campus more than ~2 km from a substation or ~5 km from municipal water). Distances are straight-line to public HIFLD/EPA features, not a metered connection.
In the news
source: Google News- Protester interrupts Don Jr. and Alex Clark's discussion during TPUSA’s tour at the University of Iowa, screaming about “genocide”primetimer.com· Oct 9, 2026
- Exclusive: Senate Investigation Challenges Big Tech’s Case for AI Data CentersTime Magazine· Oct 8, 2026
- A $6 trillion question hangs over the AI construction boomConstruction Dive· Oct 8, 2026
- ‘It’s going to be future-resilient.’ Get a look at the St. Francisville Hut 8 data center.The Advocate· Oct 6, 2026
- News | Hut 8 lands $3.25 billion for Louisiana AI campusCoStar· Oct 1, 2026
- West Feliciana Parish President addresses community concerns over new Hut 8 data centerWBRZ· Sep 22, 2026
Tax breaks & subsidies
source: Good Jobs First / GASB 77No per-deal tax break is linked to this site yet. No state discloses the recipient of a data-center abatement at the facility level, so per-site deals are rare in the public record. If you have a development agreement or board resolution for this site, send it to us.
Water use
No public record of this facility's water use. We check state withdrawal reporting for self-supplied sites; municipally supplied sites only become visible through a public-records request to the local water utility — a per-facility request tool is coming. If you have a utility document for this site, send it to us.
EPA permits & violations
source: EPA ECHONo reported violations as of last sync.
Nearest school
source: HIFLD / NCESThe nearest public school, Bains Lower Elementary School in St. Francisville, is 3.0 mi from this site (318 students).
Schools are sensitive receptors for the noise, backup-generator exhaust, and traffic a large data center brings. Straight-line distance to the nearest public school (HIFLD/NCES, US public schools only).
Hearings timeline
No public-hearing records linked to this site yet. We surface planning-commission and board-of-supervisors dates when a record names a facility. If you know of a hearing on this site, tell us.