West Feliciana site construction workforce
Company: Hut 8 - Project: River Bend
The claim, verbatim
About 1,200 construction employees currently work the West Feliciana site day and night, a majority of them local workers.
Source (primary)
WBRZ, state and local officials tour Hut 8 construction site as data center eyes 2027 completion - wbrz.com (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Hut 8 officials say about 1200 construction employees currently work this site day and night, with a majority of them being filled by local workers.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 8, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
Hut 8 officials told the outlet that about 1,200 construction employees work the site day and night. They said a majority of those workers are local.
Confirmed in the source:
- About 1,200 construction employees currently work the Hut 8 West Feliciana site
- The construction work runs day and night
- A majority of the construction workers are local, according to Hut 8 officials
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.wbrz.com/news/wbrz-state-and-local-officials-tour-hut-8-construction-site-as-data-center-eyes-2027-completion/) in full (10,526 characters, retrieved October 6, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms WBRZ, state and local officials tour Hut 8 construction site as data center eyes 2027 completion - wbrz.com
Quote: “Hut 8 officials say about 1200 construction employees currently work this site day and night, with a majority of them being filled by local workers.”