River Bend Phase II rezoning and site plan
Company: Hut 8
The claim, verbatim
Hut 8 sought rezoning and site plan approval for River Bend Phase II, which would develop about 180 acres with two buildings of about 568,000 square feet each plus substations and a switchyard, leaving the remainder undeveloped as a barrier.
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: “Phase II would develop about 180 acres of the site, with the remaining amount staying untouched to act as a “barrier,” Matias DuRei with Hut 8 said. It would build two buildings of about 568,000 square feet each, with substations and a switchyard.”
How we checked this
Checked on October 8, 2026. The cited source supports every part of this claim.
The article reports the Phase II rezoning and site plan request and Hut 8's description of the acreage, buildings, substations, switchyard and barrier land.
Confirmed in the source:
- A rezoning request and site plan for River Bend Phase II, presented by Hut 8, came before the West Feliciana Planning and Zoning Commission
- Phase II would develop about 180 acres of the site
- The rest of the site would stay undeveloped to act as a barrier
- Phase II would include two buildings of about 568,000 square feet each
- Phase II would include substations and a switchyard
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: “Phase II would develop about 180 acres of the site, with the remaining amount staying untouched to act as a “barrier,” Matias DuRei with Hut 8 said. It would build two buildings of about 568,000 square feet each, with substations and a switchyard.”