West Feliciana AI data center ramp-up
Company: Hut 8 - Project: River Bend
The claim, verbatim
Hut 8's AI data center under construction in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana (along State Route 964 near River Bend Nuclear Generating Station) is expected to begin ramping up operations in 2027.
Source (primary)
Hut 8’s AI data center draws interest, questions in West Feliciana - Yahoo (-, news_article)
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Quote: “The data center is expected to ramp up operations in 2027”
How we checked this
Checked on October 8, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article describes the Hut 8 AI data center under construction in West Feliciana Parish along State Route 964 near River Bend and says it is expected to ramp up operations in 2027.
Confirmed in the source:
- Hut 8's project is an AI data center under construction in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana
- The project is located along State Route 964 near the River Bend Nuclear Generating Station
- The data center is expected to ramp up operations in 2027
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hut-8-ai-data-center-030802773.html) in full (9,923 characters, retrieved October 6, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms Hut 8’s AI data center draws interest, questions in West Feliciana - Yahoo
Quote: “The data center is expected to ramp up operations in 2027”