River Bend construction workforce
Company: Hut 8 - Project: River Bend
The claim, verbatim
More than 1,200 construction workers are on site at River Bend at all times.
Source (primary)
‘It’s going to be future-resilient.’ Get a look at the St. Francisville Hut 8 data center. - The Advocate (-, news_article)
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Quote: “Currently, more than 1,200 workers ranging from electricians to roofers are operating on site at all times, said Brennan Church, Hut 8 director of engineering, procurement and construction.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 8, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
Hut 8's director of engineering, procurement and construction said more than 1,200 workers, from electricians to roofers, are on site at all times.
Confirmed in the source:
- More than 1,200 workers are on site at River Bend at all times, according to Hut 8's Brennan Church
- The workers are construction trades such as electricians and roofers
What we did: Read our cached copy of the publisher (https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/communities/west_feliciana/st-francisville-data-center-construction-river-bend-hut8/article_4e6499a4-39b5-4137-9a32-b1bfd37a4dc4.html) in full (14,728 characters, retrieved October 6, 2026) and checked each assertion in the claim against it.
Additional evidence
confirms ‘It’s going to be future-resilient.’ Get a look at the St. Francisville Hut 8 data center. - The Advocate
Quote: “Currently, more than 1,200 workers ranging from electricians to roofers are operating on site at all times, said Brennan Church, Hut 8 director of engineering, procurement and construction.”