River Bend permanent jobs
Company: Hut 8
The claim, verbatim
Hut 8 says the River Bend data center will have about 250 permanent positions once construction is complete, ranging from HVAC technicians to security operations.
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 8, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
Hut 8's Hailey Miller said there will be about 250 permanent jobs after construction, ranging from HVAC technicians to security operations.
Confirmed in the source:
- Hut 8's senior director of public affairs said River Bend will have about 250 permanent positions once construction is complete
- The positions will range from HVAC technicians to security operations
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”