Vertiv power and cooling for River Bend
Company: Hut 8 - Project: River Bend
The claim, verbatim
Vertiv provides electricity and cooling infrastructure for the River Bend data center campus, which is being built as a modular, prefabricated design.
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: “Giordano Albertazzi, chief executive officer of Vertiv, said his company provides electricity and cooling for the data center campus.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 8, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
Vertiv's CEO said the company provides electricity and cooling for the campus. He also said the site is modular, with most pieces built off-site.
Confirmed in the source:
- Vertiv provides electricity and cooling for the River Bend data center campus, according to Vertiv CEO Giordano Albertazzi
- River Bend is being built as a modular center with most pieces built off-site and then delivered for installation
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: “Giordano Albertazzi, chief executive officer of Vertiv, said his company provides electricity and cooling for the data center campus.”