Phase 1 operational completion
Company: Hut 8
The claim, verbatim
First phase of the data center will be fully operational in approximately 18 months from September 2026
Source (primary)
West Feliciana Parish President addresses community concerns over new Hut 8 data center - wbrz.com (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Officials expect the first phase of the data center to be fully operational in about a year and a half.”
How we checked this
Checked on September 27, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The WBRZ article, dated September 22, 2026, reports that officials expect the first phase to be fully operational in about a year and a half. That matches roughly 18 months from September 2026, though it is an official projection rather than a firm date.
Confirmed in the source:
- Officials expect the first phase of the data center to be fully operational in about a year and a half
- The article reporting this expectation is dated September 22, 2026
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 (9,034 characters, retrieved September 24, 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.com
Quote: “Officials expect the first phase of the data center to be fully operational in about a year and a half.”