Closed-loop cooling system design
Company: Hut 8
The claim, verbatim
The data center uses a closed-loop water cooling system with glycol mixture that cycles every 3 years, consuming water only for toilets and sinks
Source (primary)
West Feliciana Parish President addresses community concerns over new Hut 8 data center - WBRZ (-, news_article)
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Quote: “They designed their system around a closed-loop water system, which basically works like a radiator in your car. You fill it up with glycol, a mixture of glycol and water, and it runs for about 3 years. They drain it, fill it back up. The only water being consumed daily at that facility is to flush the toilets and run the sinks.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 12, 2026. The cited source supports part of this claim, but not all of it.
Confirmed in the source:
- West Feliciana Parish President Kenny Havard said the Hut 8 data center was designed around a closed-loop water cooling system that he compared to a car radiator
- Havard said the system is filled with a mixture of glycol and water, runs for about 3 years, and is then drained and refilled
- Havard said the only water consumed daily at the facility is for flushing toilets and running sinks
We could not confirm this from the cited source:
- The article does not independently verify the cooling system design or water use; it reports them only as claims by the parish president
- The article does not show that the data center currently uses the system; it says construction is underway and the first phase is expected to be operational in about a year and a half
- The article says the system runs for 'about' 3 years, not exactly every 3 years
- The article limits toilet-and-sink use to 'daily' water consumption and does not say it is the only water the facility consumes, since periodic refills are also described
That does not mean it is false — only that this source does not establish it, as of the date above. If we find a source that settles it, we will re-check and update this page.
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.wbrz.com/news/west-feliciana-parish-president-addresses-community-concerns-over-new-hut-8-data-center) in full (9,155 characters, retrieved September 23, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms West Feliciana Parish President addresses community concerns over new Hut 8 data center - WBRZ
Quote: “They designed their system around a closed-loop water system, which basically works like a radiator in your car. You fill it up with glycol, a mixture of glycol and water, and it runs for about 3 years. They drain it, fill it back up. The only water being consumed daily at that facility is to flush the toilets and run the sinks.”
confirms West Feliciana Parish President addresses community concerns over new Hut 8 data center - wbrz.com
Quote: “They designed their system around a closed-loop water system, which basically works like a radiator in your car... The only water being consumed daily at that facility is to flush the toilets and run the sinks.”