PILOT agreement with West Feliciana Parish
Company: Hut 8 - Project: River Bend
The claim, verbatim
Hut 8 agreed to a Payment In Lieu Of Taxes program with West Feliciana Parish providing nearly $100 million annually to the parish, sheriff's office, and school board
Source (primary)
Per current $100M Hut 8 agreement with parish, town of St. Francisville gets nothing - WBRZ (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Hut 8 agreed to a Payment In Lieu Of Taxes program with the parish. Under that deal, nearly $100 million each year will be split between the sheriff's office, school board and parish government.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 20, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The document states Hut 8 agreed to a PILOT with the parish under which nearly $100 million annually is split among the sheriff's office, school board and parish government.
Confirmed in the source:
- Hut 8 agreed to a Payment In Lieu Of Taxes program with West Feliciana Parish
- Nearly $100 million each year will be split between the sheriff's office, school board and parish government
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.wbrz.com/news/per-current-100m-hut-8-agreement-with-parish-town-of-st-francisville-gets-nothing/) in full (8,337 characters, retrieved September 10, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Per current $100M Hut 8 agreement with parish, town of St. Francisville gets nothing - WBRZ
Quote: “Hut 8 agreed to a Payment In Lieu Of Taxes program with the parish. Under that deal, nearly $100 million each year will be split between the sheriff's office, school board and parish government.”