Hut 8 River Bend AI Data Center Campus
Hut 8 · St. Francisville, LA · United States
Facility record
- Lifecycle
- Under constructionSource-reported lifecycle
- Location precision
- approximate
- Address as listed
- Not published
- Coordinates
- 30.79, -91.38
- Serving utility, source-reported
- Entergy Louisiana
- Operational capacity, source-reported
- Not published
- Planned capacity, source-reported
- 330 MW
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-22
Source-reported capacity; not metered consumption. Review underlying documents and notes. Planned capacity may include future phases and is not added to operational capacity here. The source may use facility, grid-feed or IT capacity definitions; consult the linked documents.
Coordinate precision is a source label, not an independent parcel survey. A marker does not confirm utility territory or establish an effect on residential bills.
Reported lifecycle history
- Proposed
Hut 8 selects West Feliciana Parish for River Bend AI campus. Fluidstack confirmed as anchor tenant (245 MW IT load).
Underlying source - Permitted
West Feliciana Parish Council votes unanimously (6-0) to approve project on January 6, 2025.
Underlying source - 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.
Underlying source
Source notes
River Bend campus on 611 acres in West Feliciana Parish. Fluidstack (backed by Google) is primary tenant; Anthropic also signed a long-term lease. Phase I: two 450,000 sq ft facilities. Phase II (additional facilities) targeted by end of 2026. Coordinates approximate St. Francisville area.
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.
Sources and provenance
- Hut 8 selects Southeast Louisiana for $10B AI data center · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Planned Hut 8 data center in West Feliciana Parish gets green light · source retrieved 2026-07-06
- Hut 8 selects Entergy, Southeast Louisiana for $10 billion artificial intelligence data center · source retrieved 2026-08-26
- River Bend | Hut 8 · source retrieved 2026-09-15
- Hut 8 Signs 15-Year, 245 MW AI Data Center Lease at River Bend Campus · source retrieved 2026-10-17
- Hut 8 water upgrades in West Feliciana · source retrieved 2026-10-17
Power Wars capture: 2026-11-02. Compute Atlas, CC BY 4.0. Entries are not independently verified by Power Wars unless stated.