River Bend local water use
Company: Hut 8 - Project: River Bend
The claim, verbatim
River Bend uses a closed-loop cooling system and will not draw from the Mississippi River; local water use will be about 10,000 gallons per day for restrooms and similar uses.
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: “The only local water that'll be used is for things like the restrooms, and that's about 10,000 gallons a day”
How we checked this
Checked on October 8, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article describes the closed-loop cooling system, says the river will not be used for cooling, and quotes Hut 8 putting local water use at about 10,000 gallons a day for restrooms and similar uses.
Confirmed in the source:
- River Bend will use a closed-loop cooling system
- Hut 8 will not draw from the Mississippi River to cool equipment
- Local water use will be about 10,000 gallons per day for uses such as restrooms
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: “The only local water that'll be used is for things like the restrooms, and that's about 10,000 gallons a day”