River Bend permanent jobs
Company: Hut 8
The claim, verbatim
Once construction is complete, River Bend will have about 250 permanent positions.
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: “once the data center's construction is complete, there will be about 250 permanent positions”
How we checked this
Checked on October 7, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
A Hut 8 public affairs director is reported as saying there will be about 250 permanent positions after construction is complete.
Confirmed in the source:
- River Bend will have about 250 permanent positions once construction is complete
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: “once the data center's construction is complete, there will be about 250 permanent positions”